TIMELESS LAND
(Phyl Lobl)

Once she was a timeless land
Where time ran on forever
To the dreaming people there
She was land of never-never
Fish and fowl she had in plenty
And her stones were given worth
In their hearts they held her holy
And they thought of her as earth

Once she was an open land
Where few would bow to bosses
And the working people there
Thought they called or barred the tosses
Where the convict and the settler
Earned their freedom by their toil
In their hearts they freely thanked her
And they thought of her as the soil

Once she was a lucky land
Where living easy came
And the clever people there
Learned to play the power game
Soon they sold her stony hillsides
Then she lost her very heart
In the greed of their intentions
They thought of her as dirt

Now she is a changing land
Upon the point of turning
Where she'll go it's hard to say
Are we wise or lost in learning?
For the ones who are to follow
She's the land we hold in trust
Will she be to them the earth
Will they call her only dust?

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--Stewie.