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OLD CALARE
© Shaza Leigh & Greg Gordon
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Greg Gordon
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Strength Within - Shaza Leigh (2006)
I moved down to the city much to my dismay
You see my husband loved the life he came from down that way
But crowds around the shopping malls and all those neon lights
With barbeques and parties it was not my way of life
This farms been in our family for over ninety years
And many cherished memories with loved ones we have shared
So I came back from the city to give my dad a hand
But ever since I came back mother nature’s cursed the land
And when I awake each morning out here on old Calare
I wonder as I look around what am I doing here
Cause memories won’t make fortunes or fill that cupboard bare
But it’s all part of history of this place we call Calare
Out here on Calare life gets hard to take
Falling prices for the livestock inside the boundary gate
Now money’s scarce and times are hard the crops out here still fail
and it seems just like eternity since fat stock went to sale
So I’ll head back to the city where life’s just not the same
with strangers and acquaintances those faces without names
To pay our family mortgage and hold off more despair
Cause we can’t walk from tradition and sell off old Calare
Now when I awake each morning out here on old Calare
I know when I look around what I am doing here
Though memories won’t make fortunes or fill those cupboards bare
They’re all part of history of this place we call Calare
Yes it’s all part of history and our life that is Calare
OLD MATE
© Shaza Leigh & Anthony Brookes
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Anthony Brookes
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Greg Bain
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Country Balladeer - Greg Bain
OLD STREETS IN OLD COUNTRY TOWNS
© Shaza Leigh & Rick Aitchison
Lyrics Written by: Rick Aitchison
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Reg Poole
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Reg Poole
ON A GOOD DAY
© 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)
We wake up every morning as our feet hit the floor
We’re running to meet deadlines of the day
Get the kids off to school our husbands to work
Jump in the car and off to earn our pay
But there’s the times we’re drowning we barely feel alive
At times it’s a struggle to survive
But on a good day the sun shines so bright
On a good day everything seems right
On a good day we take it in our stride
And we wouldn’t have it any other way
That’s on a good day
And come the weekend it’s time to relax
But it’s off to sports and parties once again
Racing here and there pushed to the max
Try to recall that time way back when
The time before we became a mother and a wife
That time when we had a life
But on a good day the sun shines so bright
On a good day everything seems right
On a good day we take it in our stride
And we wouldn’t have it any other way
That’s on a good day
ON BANKERS LAND
© Shaza Leigh & Roy Sinnamon
Lyrics Written by: Roy Sinnamon
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Greg Bain
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Greg Bain
ONCE HE USED TO DANCE
© Shaza Leigh, Rachel Jillett & Cheryl Jillett
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh, Rachel Jillett & Cheryl Jillett
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Rachel Jillett
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Rachel Jillett
ONE OF A KIND
© Shaza Leigh
& Roy Sinnamon
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Roy Sinnamon
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Greg Bain
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Greg Bain
One leg rolled up one pants leg down
To the rest of the world he may look like a clown
The cattle were dying that he pulled from the mud
Last time I came home he was fighting a flood
And I've got no opinion I've got no idea
What keeps a man going courage or fear
Fear he'd be leaving his old world behind
Courage to go on for he's one of a kind
He's one of gods children just doing their best
God let him rest easy when he's passed your test
He may act half crazy with this drought on his hands
But he stands ten feet tall by the measure of man
And I've got no opinion I've got no idea
What keeps a man going courage or fear
Fear he'd be leaving his old world behind
Courage to go on for he's one of a kind
Two hands reach out with love and joy
One tear said the words she could never employ
Cause here in the old home needing repair
Waits his lady in life with their son and heir
They're two to gods children now I'll make this request
God keep them together these hands you have blessed
The droughts and the flood times rest hard on their minds
While the rest of this country is a picture divine
And I've got no opinion I've got no idea
What keeps a man going is it courage or fear
Fear he'd be leaving his old world behind
Courage to go on for he's one of a kind
No I've got no opinion I've got no idea
Just how far we'd be without these pioneers
And I've got no opinion with no thought in mind
Why we'd change Australia for its one of a kind
So why change Australia she's one of a kind
ONE OLD BUSHMANS DREAMS
© Shaza Leigh & Ray Rose
Lyrics Written by: Ray Rose
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Tom Maxwell
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Tom Maxwell
ONE REASON WHY
© Shaza Leigh & Bella Dior
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Bella Dior
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Bella Dior
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: The LBS Country Collection
ONE STEP AWAY
© Shaza Leigh
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Emma Jene
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Emma Jene
There’s nothing I can say today
That can help us anyway
Nothing I can do to make it better
I see it hidden in your eyes
Feel no need for reasons why
I’ll be here waiting when it’s over
But I’d rather hide the pain
Than risk losing you again
For I’d do anything for love
‘Cause we’re just one step away
One step away one step away from love
There’s nothing I can offer now
that will change things anyhow
I’ll wait in the wings always hoping
Those inner secrets you can hide
Concealed now deep inside
It’s just your innate way of coping
So I’d rather hide the pain
Than risk losing you again
For I’d do anything for love
Now we’re just one step away
One step away one step away from love
la la la la la la
So I’ll just carry on
Be strong whilst you are gone
For I’d do anything for love
‘Cause we’re just one step away
One step away one step away from love
We’re just one step away
One step away one step away from love
ON THE HOMESTEAD
© Shaza Leigh & Rick Aitchison
Lyrics Written by: Rick Aitchison
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Sharon Heaslip
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: On The Homestead - Sharon Heaslip
OUR FAMILY ROCK
© Shaza Leigh
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Rachel Jillett
Released by: LBS Music Group
I watch the gum leaves gently falling
The gentle breeze takes them away
Upon the wind I hear you calling
Seems like only yesterday
We’d walk hand in hand together
Feed the horses tend the stock
Though you’re gone we all remember
How you were our family rock
You were the one to bare the load
You were the one to smooth our road
You’d take the heat from every flame
I hold your name with all I’ve got
You were our family rock
I often feel that you’re here with me
Watching over things I do
But I wish that I could call thee
To feel your touch, hear I Love You
I’m thankful for all you have given
And by the way that was a lot
We all carry on still driven
Guided by our family rock
You were the one to bare the load
You were the one to smooth our road
You’d take the heat from every flame
I hold your name with all I’ve got
You were our family rock
OVERLANDER DAYS
© Shaza Leigh, AE Brookes & Graham Pearson
Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh, AE Brookes & Graham Pearson
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Ashley Cook
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Ashley Cook
I see the cattle stringing while the stockmen brightly sing
Feel the grey horse springing as we thunder down the wing
My finger grips are tightening on the straining bridle reins
While the dull blood turns to lighting wildly flashing through my veins
From the bellbirds in the mulga I can hear the chimes again
In fancy see the brolgas dancing on the sandy plain
Hear the river flowing in a song that never dies
See the bushland glowing from the golden summer skies
And I’ve done a deal of roving down the track of life since then
I’d gladly go back droving should I have the chance again
Those wild rides through the ranges are remembered with amaze
When youth and care were strangers in my overlander days
Yes life’s seen many changes since my overlander days
The stirring scene of battle was the muster on the plain
As restless wild eyed cattle dashed for liberty in vain
Stockwhips rang in chorus as we started with a shout
With a thousand miles before us to a station further out
The days of pleasing changes through a wild and lonely land
Rollin down to lofty ranges swamps and desert sands
Nights were nights of glory round the camp fire’s golden blaze
Was filled with song and story in the overlander days
And I’ve done a deal of roving down the track of life since then
I’d gladly go back droving should I have the chance again
Those wild rides through the ranges are remembered with amaze
When youth and care were strangers in my overlander days
Yes life’s seen many changes since my overlander days
SHAZA LEIGH OWB: 348 Whitehouse Lane Tamworth NSW Australia | shazaleigh@lbsmusic.com.au | SMS: +61 412605488 | www.shazaleigh.net
