LADY OF THE DESERT
© Shaza Leigh  

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: The Benning Brothers

LAND OF OUR KIN
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Where Our Heart Lives - Shaza Leigh


I still see the old folk sitting 

on the front verandah looking

out across the land of our kin

Grandad cleared that land by hand

And Grandma worked beside her man

A sign of the time they lived in

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember then

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember when

We would catch our horses

throw the saddle on and call our dogs

Then ride across the land of our kin

No one near for miles around 

The freedom of living out of town 

And knowing how lucky we had been

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember then

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember when

I recall back as a child

Back when we could just run wild

And free across the land of our kin

We could try most anything

Drive and ride, play, laugh and sing 

Oh, we were taught in life you play to win

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember then

Ooh ooh ooh ooh I remember when

Friends called in for a cup of tea

That sure left its mark on me

Our life on the land of our kin

Even now when I'm all alone

My mind drifts back to that childhood home

And I still miss the life I knew back then

I still miss the land of my kin

LAWSON'S LEGACY
© Shaza Leigh & Billy Wye  

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Billy Wye
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Shaza Leigh

LEARN HOW TO LIVE AGAIN
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Blessings - Shaza Leigh  (2023)

I can see in your eyes you’ve been crying

Don’t you know that I can always tell

And although it’s hard you are trying

To pretend that you’re doing well

I can see in your smile hidden sadness

Though today it’s eight long years ago

When that call a second of sheer madness

Took from you the future you should know

And your home that we once knew was filled with laughter

These same walls today conceal the pain

As you try to rebuild a life here after

And learn how to live again

I can see in your eyes you’ve been crying

Don’t you know that I can always tell

As your friend for years now I’ve been trying

To pretend that you’re doing well

And your home that we once knew was filled with laughter

These same walls today conceal the pain

As you try to rebuild a life here after

And learn how to live again

LET HIM DOWN EASY
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Out Of A Shadow - Shaza Leigh  (1995)


Well I still remember the night we first met

The way that he held me I can never forget

The kind words he spoke were the sweetest I've heard

There was no way out for me I'd fallen too hard

But a one sided romance can never survive

No matter how hard that one partner tries

You can go on believing it will be alright

But there's just no future in living a lie

So let him down easy when you let him down

Don't let him fall apart this time I won't be around

He's still in love with you of that I'm sure

So let him down easy this time not like before

And I'll never understand his need for your pain

He's been through it all with you and he wants it again

In the time that I've known him it's plain to see

His heart never left you even when he's with me

So let him down easy when you let him down

Don't let him fall apart this time I won't be around

He's still in love with you of that I'm sure

So let him down easy this time not like before

LIFE ON THE ROAD
© Shaza Leigh, Ben Jacobs & Tom Maxwell
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh, Ben Jacobs & Tom Maxwell
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Tom Maxwell
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Tom Maxwell
Album: Shaza Leigh & Tom Maxwell - Collaborations (2015)


There’s a freedom in this life we live
Paths to travel, Joy to give
It’s a way of life we never wish to change
With a new adventure ‘round each bend
On the road till each days end
Just point me west of the Dividing Range

Where I viewed the Alice in full bloom
From Katherine Gorge and onto Broom
And every other place along the way
Walked the Hall Of Fame at Longreach
And fished the shores of Lee Point Beach
Then watched the boats sail at Fanny Bay

Yes freedom is a star filled night
Beside a campfires glowing light
Freedom is the life we’ve come to know
Yes freedom is a new sunrise
gently breaking clear blue skies
Freedom is life on the road

At the Isa I’ve been underground
Slept by the road at Avon Downs
And wondered at the beauty of Kakadu
Chased from a camp back Bony Creek
Met characters at Tenant Creek
Even seen that sunset on the Uluru

So I head out on the road each year
Revered excitement fills the air
It’s a new town every night to do my show
There’s no other place I’d rather be
Than outward bound and feeling free
Yes freedom is life on the road

Yes freedom is a star filled night
Beside a campfires glowing light
Freedom is the life we’ve come to know
Yes freedom is a new sunrise
gently breaking clear blue skies
Freedom is life on the road

LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
© Shaza Leigh
 & Ben Jacobs  

Lyrics Written by: Ben Jacobs
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: The Journey - Shaza Leigh

LITTLE SHADOWS
© Shaza Leigh
 & Kassidy Jewell  

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Kassidy Jewell
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Kassidy Jewell
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: The LBS Country Collection - Kassidy Jewell

LITTLE WHITE CIRCLE
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Seasons - Shaza Leigh  (2009)


She’ll always remember
walking down the aisle
From each tiny milestone
to the birth of each child
Though life wasn’t easy
they’d never complain
Given their time over
they’d do it all again

And that little white circle
beneath their golden band
quietly tells their story
proudly on her hand
They’ve seen more hard than good times
as the years did unfold
But they held it all together
with a love to last forever
and that little white circle
hidden by their band of gold

The years have been recorded
by lines upon her face
She still moves proudly
with dignity and grace
And time moves more slowly
than it did way back when
She fills her days with nothing
‘til she joins him again

And that little white circle
beneath their golden band
quietly tells their story
proudly on her hand
They’ve seen more hard than good times
as the years did unfold
But they held it all together
with a love to last forever
and that little white circle
hidden by their band of gold

LIVING THE DREAM
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Seasons - Shaza Leigh  (2009)


Living the dream finding the answers
Making our way taking some chances
That’s how it is it’s good to be free
Just living the dream

Living the dream doing it our way
Making the time cruising the highway
building new memories lucky it seems
Just living the dream

And we can see it all so clearly when we drive away
That another life is waiting for us all someday

We’re living the dream taking it easy
Worries are gone we must have been crazy
That’s over now it’s good to be free
Just living the dream

And we can see it all so clearly when we drive away
That another life is waiting for us all someday

Living the dream finding the answers
Making our way taking some chances
That’s how it is it’s good to be free
Just living the dream

That’s how it is it’s good to be free
Just living the dream

LONG BEFORE THIS LAND BEGAN TO GROW
© Shaza Leigh
 &  Rick Aitchison

Lyrics Written by: Rick Aitchison
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Melissa Bajric
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Melissa Bajric