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"Heartbreak is for losers" by Alwin Mabuza

Alwin Mabuza 2012-11-23 Can the heart find love
in a world so dark?
Where pain and sorrows park?

"Gypsy Love" by Shandor Potgieter

Shandor Potgieter 2012-11-23 Walk with me now
And talk to me now
But listen closely
to the words that I say
They have a meaning in every single way

"Heaven can wait" by Paul Klaas

Paul Klaas 2012-11-23 Stories been told about love that really hurts inside
She heard it all, but to hear it really feels the same
Look in my eyes, tell me this, you really fell that way?

"Hey, luister gou vir my" deur Shandor Potgieter

Shandor Potgieter 2012-11-23 Ek hou nie van skree nie
maar ek praat soms hard
Want jy luister nie vir my nie
want jy’s altyd wit of swart

"Hoeveel, meneer" deur Shandor Potgieter

Shandor Potgieter 2012-11-23 Stap saam my
Stap op die horison
Maar jy kyk verby my
net tot waar jy nou moet kom
En sal jy saam my
op Blouberg se strand stap?

"I am the light" by Shandor Potgieter

Shandor Potgieter 2012-11-23 So bring the power, bring the light
Bring the darkness of the darkest night
‘Cause I wont run and I wont scream
I will stand and fight this dream

"Koebaai Stellenbosch" deur Veronique Jane Meyer

Veronique Jane Meyer 2012-11-23 Ek hoor die stormwinde
Die nag hier raak ontrustig
Die tydjie wat ons saam het
Glip vinnig deur my vingers

"African Dream" by Jenny Ren Stodel

Jenny Ren Stodel 2012-11-22 Dreaming of African sunshine
The rain ain’t gonna get me down
Because I believe in my African dream
of rainbows for every child

"Beheerbevange" deur Tiaan Steenkamp

Tiaan Steenkamp 2012-11-22 Wonder waarheen die lewe ons vat
Watse pad, watse rat?
Slaan so nou en dan ? gat

"Brand" deur Jaco Prinsloo

Jaco Prinsloo 2012-11-22 In die kaggel van jul lêplek
begin die vlam met 'n jaloerse tong
gulsig aan die eerste krake lek

"Bringing a pen to a sword fight" by Roche Du Plessis

Roche Du Plessis 2012-11-22 Got the most lethal form of terrorism
They’ll never see it coming.
Hand written, pen driven
So for the time we’ve been given

"Carving Silence" by Benjamin Fish

Benjamin Fish 2012-11-22 It’s easy to get written off like a fast car
The hollow winter chill crept beside me
The feelings of nostalgia unwinding
and the wings of the sound unravelling

"Conundrum" by Roche du Plessis

Roche Du Plessis 2012-11-22 People say "Ey, Roach, since your life is so humdrum
why do you concoct these cacophony conundrums?
Won’t people think you're lonely and you just want some?
You got so many dreams, and no money to fund ‘em?"

"Die Teken Agter My Vraag #SienJyDit?" deur WJ van Der Heever

WJ van den Heever 2012-11-22 Gaan jy sink of gaan jy swem?
Gaan jy beheer neem of saam met die stroom wegvloei?
Moet elke tweede woord rym?
Is hierdie die koor of die refrein?

Lyric writing tips from Tumi and the Volume

Texx 2012-11-22 "Reinvent the wheel by not reinventing the wheel."

"Dis Kersfees" deur Marilize Beeton

Marilize Beeton 2012-11-22 Dis weer die tyd van die jaar
van party en feesvier en kersliedjies sing
En kinders wonder wat Kersvader bring
Ja, ons almal vier dit saam dat Jesus verjaar

"Ek + Jy = Ons" deur Nolan Sampson

Nolan 2012-11-22 Daar kom tyd in ons lewe
waar ons moet laat gaan
van dit wat ons vasketting

"Fly (Across the Cold Wasteland)" by John Bartmann

Jovan Bvartmann 2012-11-22 I have crossed many boundaries to stake myself a claim
Dividing lines confuse the map for the terrain
Out in the wilderness it all looks the same

"Just like purple and green" by Christa Coetzer

Christa Coetzer 2012-11-22 It's always life or death
It's always black or white
It's always day or night
But there are worlds in between
Just like purple and green

"Kinderlike vriendskap" deur Danielle Fouche

2012-11-22 Vriendskap se liefde is soveel meer
Gemakliker ongeskik, hoe kan ons vriendskap keer?
Dans-dans. sing-sing, geniet jou vriend
Die dappermuis, lappop, wie kan dit stop?
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