HAIL AUSTRALIA
© Shaza Leigh  

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Homeland - Shaza Leigh (2016)

I have travelled this great southern land year by year

And witnessed the changes, through blood sweat and tears

Her beauty and splendour hide secrets untold

Like the days of the dreamtime first told

I have studied her history from when time began

And bathed in her pain, desperate to understand

I've grown to acknowledge, with eyes open wide

We're all part of Australian pride

Hail Australia, our island home

Hail Australia, where we were born

Hail Australia, the more I roam

The more I see, she'll always be, home to me

Yes I see, she'll always be, home to me

Like all other countries, we've problems ignored

But our people and culture, we embrace and adore

There's talent on offer, to reap rich reward

We are still a lucky nation to applaud

From the vast desert reaches of chasm and gorge

To where white frothy waters, loudly crash upon our shore

Her unequalled landscape, bold outcrops still stand

I'm in awe of this great southern land

Hail Australia, our island home

Hail Australia, where we were born

Hail Australia, the more I roam

The more I see, she'll always be, home to me

Yes I see, she'll always be, home to me


* Winning Song Gold Medallion Awards - Female Vocalist of the Year
* Winning Song Australian Independent Country Music Awards
  - Female Artist of the Year
* Finalist Song - People’s Choice Awards Female Vocalist of the Year
* Finalist Song - The Bush Laureate Awards

HARD CALLOUSED HANDS
© Shaza Leigh, Roy Sinnamon & Brian Letton

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh, Roy Sinnamon & Brian Letton
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Brian Letton & Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Brian Letton
Album: The Songwriter - Shaza Leigh

HEARTBEAT OF AUSTRALIA
© Shaza Leigh

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

Have you ever drove the Nullarbor
To the great Australian Bight
And stood upon the cliff face
In the stillness of the night
Or made the trip to Uluru
The beauty by Gods hand
From the Olga’s to the Chasm
How majestically they stand

Where the coastlines never ending
Golden beaches stretch afar
The horizon meets clear water
No mater where you are
The sparseness of our island home
Where rivers greet the sea
And all of natures blended
To exist in harmony

The Heartbeat of Australia
Pounds beneath her sand
And stretches through the universe
The spirit of our land
The Heartbeat of Australia
Central to our core
The freedom we have known
And loved for sure
I tell you now
That’s worth fighting for

We’ve hidden gems embedded
Like diamonds in a crown
Spread all around our Nation
From the coast to country towns
To stare beyond the Stars above
Her canopy so bright
Like a spotlight on the country
We share in her delight

The Heartbeat of Australia
Pounds beneath her sand
And stretches through the universe
The spirit of our land
The Heartbeat of Australia
Central to our core
The freedom we have known
And loved for sure
I tell you now
That’s worth fighting for

Yes the freedom we have known
And loved before
Believe me now
That’s worth fighting for

HEAR THE ANGELS
© Shaza Leigh

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group

For weeks we’ve all been running ‘round
Preparing our own way

It’s that special time of year
it’s more than just a day
Presents glow ‘neath lighted trees
and laughter fills the air
The true spirit of our Christmas
it’s time for love and care

I can hear the angels, voices on the wind
I can feel the magic, full of love within
And I’m truly grateful, I was born to see
And thankful for the joy of life, the gift of being free

I always take a moment to
reflect upon afar
The children of this world and just
how lucky we all are
To live in peace forever more
through learnings of the day
Believe we’re blessed and guided
should we choose to live that way

I can hear the angels, voices on the wind
I can feel the magic, full of love within
And I’m truly grateful, I was born to see
And thankful for the joy of life, the gift of being free

Can you hear the angels, voices on the wind
Can you feel the magic, full of love within
And be truly grateful, you were born to see
And thankful for the joy of life, the gift of being free

Yes be thankful for the joy of life, the gift of being free

HIGHER THAN THE CLOUDS
© Shaza Leigh 
& Cil Van Der Velden   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh & Cil Van Der Velden
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Emma Jene
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Emma Jene

Handsome in black leather with swagger in his style
She dreamt of being roughly pulled aside
She wanted to be noticed the one to win his smile
Taken to the heights of every ride

His black machine was his first love but he’d see who she was
She’d satisfy his needs and wants because
She understood the need to feel the freedom on his face
Her own desires made her cry out loud

Sally threw her everything at making him believe
Together they’d fly higher than the clouds
He stopped one day and asked her if she wanted to climb on
Sally blushed and gave her willing hand

From that moment on they made a pact to reach the sun
A union only they could understand
From sunset till the daybreak they made each night their own
They only knew that wild seeds must be sewn

Until one day the law decided Sally was too young
They’d chase them down and take his wheels away
She urged him to go faster, be brave and be strong
But neither of them saw another day

But sometimes you’ll believe you hear an engine in the night
Or perhaps a bike just disappear from sight

HILL OF TARA
© Shaza Leigh

Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Peggy Gilchrist
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Picking On The Irish - Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist

HIS GIPPSLAND GIRL
© Shaza Leigh
& Dale Duncan

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


Now money was scarce and work was slack and love to his heart crept in
He rode away on the Northern track at war with the world then win
He vowed by the locket upon his breast and it’s treasure one red gold curl
To work with a will in the farthest West for the sake of his Gippsland Girl

And the hot wind blows on the dusty plain and the red sun burns above
But he sees her face at his side again and he strikes each blow for love
And he toils by the light of one far off star for winning of one white pearl
And the swinging pick and the driving bar is all for his Gippsland Girl

When summer lay brown on the Western land he rode once more to the south
Yearning a touch of a lily hand and a kiss of a rose bud mouth
At the garden gate when the shadows fell his hopes in the dark lay dead
He spoke no word with dull pain at heart she’s been married a month they said

And the hot wind blows on the dusty plain and the red sun burns above
But he sees her face at his side again and he strikes each blow for love
And out and away where the big floods start and the Darling dust sure twirls
There’s a drunken shearer that broke his heart over his Gippsland Girl

Over his Gippsland Girl

HIS LITTLE SHIRALEE
© Shaza Leigh, Ben Jacobs & Lindsay Butler

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh, Ben Jacobs & Lindsay Butler
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Seasons - Shaza Leigh

HOW LUCKY I AM
© Shaza Leigh
   

Lyrics Written by: Shaza Leigh
Melody Composed by: Shaza Leigh
First Recorded by: Shaza Leigh
Released by: LBS Music Group
Album: Just My Way Of Life - Shaza Leigh

I've seen Australia all over

I've been most places I've wanted to go

I've lived my life my way

Like the pioneers of long ago

I married the man that I fell for

A gentleman tailored for me

And never do I take for granted

Just how blessed I could be

For I've never been one to measure wealth

By the money you have or the things that you own

Cause the deeper the love the richer the man

And if you've ever loved then you'll understand

While I have him I'll hold on with both hands

Cause I know how lucky I am

Then came the birth of our baby

We were graced with a treasure on earth

A son to love and to care for

In an instant I found my worth

For I've never been one to measure wealth

By the money you have or the things that you own

Cause the deeper the love the richer the man

And if you've ever loved then you'll understand

While I have him I'll hold on with both hands

Cause I know how lucky I am

I know how lucky I am

I know how lucky I am

HOW WE LOVE BEFORE WE LEAVE
© 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 pour myself a cup of tea

reflect on years gone by

Stare out to the universe

Start to wonder why
Our lives all move so quickly now

Spiral from control

Every new advancement

Pales the light within our soul

Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t trade

The comforts we enjoy

Of modern home convenience

The science we employ
And we wouldn’t wish our life away

Or dare to lose our drive

If it all was gone tomorrow

We’d struggle to survive

How we love before we leave

Is life's simple mystery

Cause tomorrow is today

Then just a faded memory

Passing through our minds

Like sunsets falling through the trees

Every fleeting moment

How we love before we leave

All that really matters

is how we love before we leave

And though it’s never easy

At first to make a change

Time out from our busy world

Will certainly feel strange

The sun will rise again next morn

The moon will close each day

With or without us

Just be sure that’s natures way

How we love before we leave

Is life's simple mystery

Cause tomorrow is today

Then just a faded memory

Passing through our minds

Like sunsets falling through the trees

Every fleeting moment

How we love before we leave

All that really matters

is how we love before we leave