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C G That is a good thing about songs ,poetry and art is we can all put our perspective on it. A  song can be as  sad as the  listener or a memory that brings a tear of joy.
The Question is not what we are looking at, it is what we see.

A flower is a weed seen through joyful eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

In a rapidly ascending balloon were two men.
One watched the earth getting farther and farther away.
One watched the stars getting nearer and nearer.
~George Jean Nathan, "Viewpoint," A Book Without a Title, 1918

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

Thank you Phill .

Thank you Jandal I had that song sitting there for a while I wasn't happy with my voice and was  originally going to do it with piano. Unfortunately my health got in the way before I could figure a piano version. As I play by feel it means I am not that good at writing down music.. I like it when Maree has a go at one of my songs but it doesnt happen often.. I was hoping she would play piano for me on it but she thought my guitar was all it needed. When I saw Tenement Funster poem Defying Gravity it made remember it. I thought  I should at least put it up in the hope someone else might want to have a go at it.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
– Lao Tzu

Jim Thank you for your interest.  I thought you might be also interested to know that Joe Walsh of the Eagles has a special connection to Maori and New Zealand.  Below is a short article that might interest you writen a few years back..  He had a life changing experience while here.
There is a bit of a long video on youtube of the Powhiri that was held and him speaking but this short article tells the story just as well.

American rocker Joe Walsh has returned to the site of his life-changing "epiphany" in Hawke's Bay with a warning about living life in the fast lane.
The 67-year-old Eagles guitarist visited Otatara Pa, near Taradale, on Tuesday where he was welcomed by the locals and treated to a rendition of the band's hit song Hotel California  performed by school children.
It was at Otatara Pa 26 years ago that Walsh sat on a hill overlooking Hawke's Bay and had a vision that he credits with setting him on the path towards sobriety

"I don't understand it, I don't need to, but I had a moment of clarity standing up on top and looking out at the valley," he said.
"I remember that vividly and I don't know where that came from. I got goosebumps."
Walsh said he went home after that with a different mindset.
Giving up drugs and alcohol was the hardest thing he had ever done, but also the most rewarding, he said.
"Today, I haven't had a drink or done any drugs in 21 years ... and a lot of the guys that I used to run with didn't make it. They're gone."
Walsh's career in the music industry has spanned more than 40 years, but he is best known as a keyboardist and guitarist for Rock and Roll hall of famers the Eagles, who he joined in 1975.
The band, which is considered to be one of the greatest American rock acts of all time, played two shows in Auckland over the weekend as part of their History of the Eagles tour

Walsh's latest visit to Otatara Pa is his third. After his epiphany in 1989 he returned in 2004 to pay homage to the place and its people.
"The first time I came here, I was in trouble," Walsh said on Tuesday.
"When you get successful at something, and you're young, it's easy to lose your perspective. It's easy to forget what you were doing that got you successful, and that happened to me."
At the time, alcohol and drugs were eating a hole in his heart where love and family should have been, he said.
"I could still function but I knew I was in trouble."
The Maori people would always be special to him, because they gave him his life back, he said.
"I'm here to say thank you ... I have a wonderful life now, and I have a family now. That's new to me, but it's wonderful. It's what healed me."
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Thank you Jim my wife Maree helped with the harmony on the chorus. I have posted the lyrics on  here in the poem section and on soundcloud for anyone thats interested.

Zurf your phone recording sounds real good.  Joe that song works good with your style. Mojo it works real good for you also.

Phill
The Haka can be part of a welcome known as a Powhiri. A Powhiri  is a welcoming ceromony I will attach a short video explaining what a Powhiri  is about. My father was English and when he arrived in New Zealand he really hadn't read or had much knowledge of Maori culture.  When he first saw  a Maori welcome he felt like getting back on the ship he arrived on. He soon realised after speaking to and coming into contact with Maori that they were friendly.  Haka is also preformed at funerals as  a way honouring the one who has died.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZy7u0_36nw

Doug it is going to be one of those games that people will debate about for years to come. For me it was frustrating having an outcome that didn't have a winner. I should imagine for the Lion suporters it was a good outcome because it shows their team is just as good as the All Blacks. We have enjoyed having the Lions and their suporters visit to our country  representing the United Kingdom well  with pride.and a great spirit. It was also  good  that it showed up the  weaknesses with the All Black style of play..  The Lions now are going to be a hard to beat team for any  country that plays Rugby Union.

Both teams next Saturday will be at their best. The Lions played the better game last Saturday and All Blacks will have to improve their game next Test match. The kick-off will be at 7.30 pm Saturday night New Zealand time. At the begining of each game the All Blacks will preform one of the two Hakas they do. It will be Kapa Opango or Kamate. Kapa Opango which is a new Haka writen back in 2005. Ka Mate is old haka writen over a hundred years ago around 1820 by a great Maori Chief, Te Rauparaha. I will attach a short video explaining what the Kamate Haka means to the All Blacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnlFocaA64M

Hi Jandle
I better leave my name out of the hat this time until my health and body gets itself  fixed and back together.

TIG you and Phill work well together on your songs. Until I heard this version I wouldnt have thought  of your lyrics been done in a more of a dance singalong  style but it works.
Well done guys.