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"Sticks and stones are easy to throw" by Marco Coetsee

Marco Coetsee 2013-01-02 Who am I to tell you what you are?
Who am I to see through your previous scars?
Who am I to think that I know you?

"Suzie en die BB Chicks" deur Andre Kriel

2013-01-02 Suzie en die BB chicks
sing lead vir die yuppy clicks
Niemand kan vir haar vertel
Want sy’s elastic
maar sy’s nie plastic

"Sy soek haar eie song" deur Willie Louw

Willie Louw 2013-01-02 Sy sê Arno skryf vir my tog iets
Ek soek my eie gedig
Skryf vir my, vergelyk die son met my gesig
Sy sê Arno skryf vir my iets diep

"Take Me Away" by Craig Wentzel

Craig Wentzel 2013-01-02 Tell me why it’s so hard to see
your plan and purpose amidst suffering
Tell me why I have to believe amidst all this pain

"Tevrede" deur Dirk Oegema

Dirk Oegema 2013-01-02 Is jy tevrede met jou keuse?
Jy lyk maar misrabel
Jy het duidelik in die groef verval

"That's Where You Are - (An Ode to a Dead Artist)" by Augusto Lugoboni

Augusto Lugoboni 2013-01-02 The sun sets, on another life
The dawn breaks, bringing new light
Sometimes the night feels so long
Sometimes the night doesn't bring the day at all
Why did it happen to you?

"The best tragic mistake" by Louis Koen

Louis Koen 2013-01-02 Distance, turning a moment left burning
Everything's left unsaid between us tonight
Wishing I could take back words when it's a little too late
Conversations pulling like gravity to the edge of a beautiful tragic affair

"The Return" deur Louis Koen

Louis Koen 2013-01-02 The flame had burnt out the fire
before my time, a weary traveller
Going west with a suitcase full of broken dreams

"Thunderstorms" deur Annie Blue

Annie Blue 2013-01-02 Is it strange
that I want to dance in the rain?
Share the last seat on the very last train
with your hand in mine
and your smile on my lips

"Unhappy Hooker" by Augusto Lugoboni

Augusto Lugoboni 2013-01-02 She does her makeup, it's a Friday night
She wears her dress, the one that is so tight
Looks in the mirror with a gentle stare

"Vanaf my donker tafel" deur Dirk Oegema

Dirk Oegema 2013-01-02 Sien die
wat daar aankom
wat daar kuier
wat daar vertoef

"Verskonings" deur Marco Coetsee

Marco Coetsee 2013-01-02 Staar na my refleksie
Wie is daar agter my oë?
Die waarheid word verklap in my siel

"Warm Somersaand" deur Lizanne Boyder

Lizanne Boyder 2013-01-02 Ek sit en dink aan jou op 'n warm somersaand
My gedagtes vol van jou
Ek wonder hoe die aand sou wees
net ek en jy alleen

"Wie is ek?" deur Willie Louw

Willie Louw 2013-01-02 Defineer vir my my taal en my generasie
Al wat ons het is ons ouers se sondes
en lae-kwaliteit pornografie

"Won't be like her" by Lizanne Boyder

Lizanne Boyder 2013-01-02 When I open my eyes in the morning
I’m thinking of you
The joy you bring to my heart you will never know
I’m in love with you, and you don’t know it

"Woorde van 'n Hart" deur Mark Pretorius

Mark Pretorius 2013-01-02 Ken jy die waarde van die woorde van 'n hart?
Waarheid en drome gaan gepaard
Het jy al gehoor waar kom die liefde vandaan?
Helder morester, 'n engel wat hier bestaan

"Worth Waiting For" by Craig Wentzel

Craig Wentzel 2013-01-02 It did not make much sense
when I looked at life one day
The pains within were just too much to bear

"You make me" by Unathi Wendy Booi

Unathi Wendy Booi 2013-01-02 I can't live my life
without you by my side
You're good
You're bad

"A new time will come" by Christiaan Rossouw

Christiaan Rossouw 2013-01-02 Through valley's deep and mountains high
Where the mist lays thick on a mountain side
Where trees grow tall and empires rise
enough power in their hands to crack open the sky

"All about me" by Christiaan Rossouw

Christiaan Rossouw 2013-01-02 It's all about me, hey, you don't you see?
It's all about me and that's the way that it should be
I'll do as I please, so just drop to your knees
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