Songs

Spreading Wattle (Accacia Genistifolia) – Sue Bendel

Spreading Wattle (Accacia Genistifolia) – Photo by Sue Bendel

At the 2015 festival 20 year old singer-songwriter Georgia Pitts  performed the song ‘Humanity’, which she specially wrote for the festival.

I see this earth is spinning around,
Is this land filled with promise or doubt?
Have the people turned it upside down?
I want answers, we want answers now

Use our hands,
Use our hands and our hearts
Light will follow,
Light will follow and block out the dark

Chorus

They say nothing can fix this trouble and mess
Coz one resolution will crumble the next
Our hearts are worth more than money,
Oh we find it funny you’re picking business over humanity

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Short-beaked echinda – Photo by Ian Moodie

There’s so much food that, is going to waste
Too many egos that must start to deflate
Open our ears and our eyes and we can create
Not sit around, stay idle or wait

Use our hands,
Use our hands and our hearts
Light will follow
Light will follow and block out the dark

Chorus
They say nothing can fix this trouble and mess
Coz one resolution will crumble the next
Our hearts are worth more than money,
Oh we find it funny you’re picking business over humanity

The opening day festivities of the 14th festival included a performance by Jade Ingvarson-Favretto

14 year old Jade performed the song Beautiful Earth, that she composed in response to her concerns for our planet.

BEAUTIFUL EARTH
We come so close
To a world of happiness
But unless we change
The world ain’t gonna stay

Listen when we tell you all the problems
Listen when we speak of the truth
Why aren’t you complying

The world is slowly dying
our
Beautiful Earth
Magical Earth

Breathtaking Earth

This world is blooming
With love and life and fuming
of budding new faculties
conserving green facilities

Listen when we speak to save the forests
Listen when we say don’t tear ’em down
Choking on pollution
We need a revolution

Our
Beautiful Earth
Breathtaking Earth

Protest
Do your best
To fight the on-coming
Murderers of the Earth

Beautiful Earth
Breathtaking Earth
Magical Earth

Beautiful Earth…

At the 2013 festival  Lee “Sonnyboy” Morgan sang his RECONCILIATION SONG

I been working 9/5 I don’t know how I’ll survive
when I’ve given all I can and you want more.
A little boy and a pretty wife and sometimes it don’t seem rite
for you to give a little and still want more.
You’re standing on that picket line and the days go by
with much to say and so much more.
So gather round this country now take a hold and I’ll show you how
are we looking down that same road.

 CHORUS
Come and walk with me and talk with me
then you can see all around.
Come and take my hand
and I’ll show you this great wide land.
Then we can share what we have.

 See the black man and the white, neither will give up the fight
and it’s, gunna take a little time.
Their little faces and their smiles, so damn easy as a child
You and I, we got a lot to learn coming down.
A little boy asks his Father tell me a little about myself
Are we looken down that same road?

 CHORUS
Come and walk with me and talk with me
then you can see all around.
Come and take my hand
and I’ll show you this great wide land.
Then we can share what we have.

So here it is, this is our wonderful life I hope we all get it rite
and I’m gunna give the best I can. Leave it all behind the lines
of what’s wrong and what is right and what is right in the end.

CHORUS
Come and walk with me and talk with me
then you can see all around.
Come and take my hand
and I’ll show you this great wide land.
Then we can share what we have