Ironbark

Time and tide and wind and weather Haven't made you change a lot You're keeping everything together Skin as thick as ironbark Standing proud and tall and stately Strong against the winds of strife But I've heard you're feeling lately You've been cut right down by life Your skin might be as strong as iron Heartwood might be hard as stone But one cut and the blood runs red and living As any blood that ever flowed The cold hard steel of the axemans blow The winds of trouble and strife Won't bring you down for it's well you know You were born to survive Everything dead set against you Roots sunk deep in stony ground When life takes more than it presents you Sink those deep roots deeper down Don't let life keep you from living Don't let your heart get petrified Keep that lifeblood red and flowing Keep your iron soul alive Circles tell the tale of living Hard successes hard defeats Each ring spins it's tale of giving You're everything that this world needs The cold hard steel of the axemans blow The winds of trouble and strife Won't bring you down for it's well you know You were born to survive