Literature

JEFF'S SONG
By: Angela Price (2012)

Silently dying, you can't hear me speak
Why are you crying, please don't you weep

I am still fighting, I want you to know
Hold me and love me, never let go

I don't want to go, no, I don't want to go
I don't want to go, no, I don't want to go

The Angels are watching, bringing me hope
But when they do call me, I don't want to go

I don't want to go, no, I don't want to go
I don't want to go, no, I don't want to go
I don't want to go, no, no, no, I don't want to go

A SOLDIERS WIFE

By: Angela Price  (2000)

I can hear the sound of those big wheels turning
Down on the farm you see the canefields burning
And I'm waiting here for my baby to come back home

For half a year now I've been sad and lonely
Living alone in this great big country
Dreaming of the day when my baby comes back home

Listening to the dogs as they start their barking
Hoping that it aint at chickens or something
Praying that they're barking cause my babies come back home

Here he is, walking right up to me
Looking me in the eye and waiting for a smile
Here he comes, coming back home to me
Never again will my baby ever roam
My babies come back home
My soldiers come back home

WHERE IS OUR STORYBOOK ENDING

By: Angela Price (2000)

Alone I sit again, thinking, of what I left behind
My home, my friends and family, and still you come to mind
I left you there alone again, now I'm on my own again
In a place that once held all our love

So true and pure it came like a fairytale
Like the ones that always start with 'Once upon a time'
But that storybook ending, what happened to it, I can see you there, just thinking of it
Perhaps love was never lost, and do I come to mind

If you're thinking of me, tell me, I'll return to you again
To my home and to my family and to my long lost friends
Forever our love will be as one, a love to build our lives upon
And never again alone will we be

I can see you there again, thinking, of what you lost yesterday
Someone to love and cherish you, forever in every way
The emptiness I found in me, was burning up inside of me
Until once again I gave….
Until to you I finally gave…..
Until to you I gave all my love
Until to you I gave all my love
Until to you I gave all my love

MY ETERNITY

By: Angela Price  (May 2000)

A warm summer night, rain through the window
Lying awake, it's almost tomorrow
But what is the future like? And what will tomorrow bring?
When there's one year left, 'til Im gone

I'm one in this world, a life that is fading fast
Where are they now? My friends, lost in the past

A wet washy Sunday, Eight months full of pain
It's a long life I've lived, but a short time remains
I think of all my memories and who will keep them strong
As a reminder of my existence when I gone

I'm one in this world, I am all alone
My friends were forever, but they're gone

A dry winter morning, cold white world of walls
Confined to this bed, detached faces, unknown souls
Where is tomorrow and what does it hold for me?
Where are they now? My family, In my Eternity

PERFECT WORLD

By: Angela Price  (Pre 2000)

The day has come to all join hands and be together as one
A world of Nations undivided with Truth and Peace and Love

A world to grow our dreams out of
A world to show our children of
the love we share and understand
A world where people care

Cause all our life we've been living in a world of decadence
A world of war, of blood and tears, of hate and fear and sin

The evil lurks behind the wall, the bridge is falling down
The wall we're building's tall as a steeple, let's bring that steeple down, to the ground
and make;

A world to grow our dreams out of
A world to show our children of
the love we share and understand
A world where people care

So let's join hands and let's join hearts and reunite again
To form a world of Love and Peace and Truth we understand

A world to grow our dreams out of
A world to show our children of
the love we share and understand
A world where people care

                      Do you care?

VICIOUS WORLD

By: Angela Price (pre 2000)

I want you here, right here with me
Your love for me is plain to see
So stay forever, forever in love
Yes forever in love, In love with me

Cause we're living in a vicious world
Where what we want is not allowed
Yes, we're living in a vicious world
Where our love can't be

Now I'm looking for someone new
After confessing my love for you
My kinfolk say you are a fool
But I reckon you're oh so cool

Although I want you and you want me
You know as I do it can never be
The world we see, the world we know
The things we want and never show

We can't be sure
That the world is neverending sorrow
And we want more
Of lovers and peace to follow
We can't be sure
Of what we want anymore

Cause we're living in a vicious world
Where what we want is not allowed
Yes, we're living in a vicious world
Where our love can't be

MOLLY

By: Angela Price (2000)

When Molly was a young girl, barely five years old
One stormy night they came to me seeking shelter from the cold
That night while she was sleeping her Daddy passed away
At dawns first light when she woke up to start a brand new day

I could not bare to tell her, I could not tell her why
Her Daddy went to Heaven a way up in the sky
"Your Daddy's up in Heaven" was all that I could say
She bowed her head to God above and then I heard her pray

Lord who'll look after Molly, can I go to you
To this place called Heaven, my Mommy lives there too
I want to go to Heaven and be there by their side
Please take me up to Heaven, she cried.............Lord she cried !

Twas years ago that Molly and her Daddy came to me
Through cheerful smiles and laughter I helped her to be free
Free from all her sorrows and memories of the past
And free to make a future, a future that will last

Now who'll look after Molly, Oh Molly can't you see
The Angels up in Heaven are watching carefully
They're planning for your future and moulding it for you
And Molly don't you know it, your dreams.....will all come true

And Molly don't you know it, your dreams.....will all come true

A SONG FOR MOTHER

By: Angela Price (May 2000)

Time goes swiftly by and my memories to my surprise
Find me wandering way back to the years that have gone by
The blessings of my childhood, I remember it was grand
With Easter eggs and Christmas trees and playing in the sand

Amongst the fun and laughter within those joyous years
I found a fonder memory beneath my sobs and tears
'Twas my mother in her younger days, a beauty to behold
Memories of her smiling face and stories that she told

I turned fifteen just months before my mother passed away
Never to forget the words of wisdom she relayed
She gave her heart to me and with eager ears I listened
And in a pool of tears a portrait of her glistens

Now that I'm all grown up and can better understand
I find the time before me is now at my command
I'll go and sing my heart out and find my destiny
And still remember all my life the reason why I sing

I sing just for my mother because she taught me how
And because I know that she is listening to me now

OUR WORLD

By: Angela M. Price (1990)

Moments of joy and pleasure,
To watch the sun seeping through the small opening in the wall.
And beckoning my soul nearer,
Out in the sunny day, to bath in it's rich pool of sunlight.
With birds singing like Angels,
Showering the whole world with purity, cleanliness and love.
A dove soaring over the far spread oceans,
So deep and dangerous, yet full of peace and tranquility.
THIS IS MY WORLD.

But back to realism,
For it was only a dream.  Shattered now by the truth of our world.
The pollution of our oceans'
The lack if oxygen, due to the destruction of our trees.
The unnecessary slaughter of wondrous wildlife,
Leaving us with nothing -
All but our memories of past years gone by,
The world we remember and long for so.
The dream, in which the future generation may pass the dilemma of now,
And to find what was will once more be.

OUR WORLD

THE SEEDS OF LIFE

By: Angela Price (1990)

The seeds have now fallen, upon the long distant highway.
Embedded in the earth, for many a quiet time.
Waiting …… Listening …..
For the rain to urge their pure buds out in the sunny day.

The rain is now falling, showering the seeds with new life.
They now grow beautifully in the worlds finest garden.
Waiting …. Listening …..
For the worlds fertilizer to feed their hungry petals.

The fertilizer then pollinates the lovely flowers.
The seeds of life are fed, secretly hidden away.
Waiting ….. Listening …..
For the wind to start their journey, flying free in the breeze.

The seeds have now fallen upon the long distant highway.
This—the highway of life. Until one day they, themselves
Will give precious new life
A chance to travel the highway and blossom in the garden.

ALONG THE OLD BUSH TRACKS

By: Angela Price (1991)

Along the old bush tracks
The swagmen use to roam
Inclined to work we're they could
For swagmen had no homes

Along the old bush tracks
So very long ago
Upon the hill the sun would rise
The wild free winds would blow

I remember all those times
In my head they are so clear
The memories of my childhood
The sadness and the cheer

Memories, Yes that's them
To think I still have fun
Though through decadence and war
Our freedom is undone

With freedom taken from us
Our safety now diminished
Locked within our shuttered lives
Where no-one else is trusted

Along the old bush tracks
So very long ago
No-one cared about those
Who'd come or those who'd go

I remember now and then
The happy times are fewer
But those I still have left
I will cherish them forever

ON THE RUN NO MORE

By: Angela Price (1991)

The sky was dark that fateful night
And on the ground and awful sight
Then came a loud and raucous bellow
Blood so red on skin of yellow

The troopers turned and by their side
They looked to where the young girl died
Not believing what they'd done
Belle was killed while on the run

Then with a god almighty roar
Ben woke up and at the door
He stood real still, then fired a shot
And hoped to kill the bloody lot

When finished was he, he looked and found
His Belle was lying on the ground
Her skin was pale, so very white
Oh, how it changed that dreadful night

The Ben lay down by his friend
And with a knife he thought he'd send
His soul away ….. Right down to hell
And now there's no-one left to tell

What really happened on that night
Oh, what a sinful sight
Is it true that Ben had fell
Or did he die to be with Belle.

THE BURNING FLAME

By: Angela Price (1991-1993)

     I
Across the flowing river, and over the brow of the hill
I saw him in the distance, there, now see him if you will

His face was like a nightmare, his eyes were hollows of fright
Look hard into the distance, there, for now he's in the light

My wish was for his survival, though, this day became his end
Gaze hard into the distance at the sky above my friend

It is red as a burning fire, it is a red hot burning flame
It dwells high over the horrid bodies like clouds about to rain

You saw him in the distance, where you watched him while he bled
It's over now, do you see him there, look yonder he is dead

     II
My friend walked o'er the hills alone with hatred in his head
For war had set his country down upon a fiery bed

She burnt till ash was falling, the sky was bloody hot
His heart was slowly melting and his body it did rot

War had taken from him the one love he possessed
And now his country layeth down, forever now to rest

Sunken in the fiery hell and under hell-bound sky
My friend lay in Australia, for his land he chose to die.

His death was patriotic, his memory no longer lingers
For there's no more of his country left, 'cept dust and rock and cinders.

     III
A war leaves many memories, but flowers there are none
'til peace falls o'er this country and life begins again

He faced the worldly dangers, the most dreaded one was war
He overrode the war with peace so love could rule once more

What shoot, what speck of life is that which grows from 'neath the rock
His body has turned the dust to soil, his country is not lost

He did not die for nothing and his memory will remain
Within the soil of this brown land, Australia, his home

What beauty and what passion now lay within Australia
The soldiers' courage and his love was just enough to save her