Heath!

Heath!

It`s gonna be awhile

Before I wear a cowboy hat

And ride like the wind

Across a desert plain,

For every picture that I look at

In the friend I`ll never meet

The message made so clear,

Dying over flags and Country

Where I sit and weep,

Year after year

Knowing we were meant to meet.

How do I live up to your legacy

With the pen that`s in my hand?

I sit with sword and shield

As the Swagman in my mind,

Waltzing with Matilda

Reciting nursery rhymes.

I lay down my guitar

And put aside my taps,

Then lay a top my corduroy

The right picture of you

Playing harmonica,

As I think of Nashville Tennessee

Divorcing the billabong that surrounds me,

Remembering the woods

Where I hung your apple on a tree

And screamed your name to heaven,

Knowing where you should be

Not saying Good-bye,

To the Tree of Life

In Calgary,

As Tilda chases crocodiles

Without your Daddy smiles.

So it`s gonna be awhile

Before I wear a Cowboy hat,

And ride like the wind

Across Perth`s desert plain

For divorcing the `Knight`

That haunts my brain,

In the friend I`ll never meet

Dying over Flags and Country,

Where I sit and Weep

Saying your name...

HEATH!

written by,

Jennifer Cooley!

(written on lined paper Jan 22/09)