Sportsman of the Year - A Suburban Philosophy

• Sportsman of the Year

  These are your power years. Go on and take them."Life is a series of victories and disenchantments. Once you embrace the disappointments your triumph will be greater." - Jan Hellriegel 2019.SPORTSMAN OF THE YEARIt's a little bit like winning the Sportsman of the Year.You're only 12 you've got big feet and you're a girl.Or you've amassed a great idea and some old dude tells you offAnd calls you a big-headed fool.I may no longer be pretty or unusually thinBut what I do haveI never give in.It's not that the road you take is long and hardOr along the way you get dealt some hard cards.You shuffle them around till the purpose and the painForm a wave so high you can surf any terrain.And you get getting on.And one funny day you realise the reasonIt takes so long to get served at the barIs because you're no longer young or fair.And birthdays signify a new sexless ageWhere you redefine how you learn to behaveAs everyone looks through you now.I may no longer be pretty or unusually thin.But what I do haveI never give in.It's not that the road you take is long and hardOr along the way you get dealt some hard cards.You shuffle them around till the purpose and the painForm a wave so high you can surf any terrainAnd you get getting on.The princess years don't last for ever andYour time in the sun only lasts so long.So use it get your act together thenKeep on...You can keep on getting stronger.You've got that light, let it shine girl.These are your power yearsGo on and take them.There's nothing to fearJust go on embrace them they're yours.These are your power yearsCome on and move with them girl.Take it all, take it inAnd just assume that they're yours.These are your power yearsCome on just shake the tree at them.In the night, in the morningIn everything that you do.These are your power years.These are your power years.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Winner

  Never ever, no matter what, take your eye off the prize until you have won it."I've failed so many times now I've remembered how to win." - Jan Hellriegel 2019.WINNERThe bells are chiming from the corner dairy storeRinging loud and their message is clearIf you give up now then how you going to knowIf tomorrow is one day nearerIf you just hold on a little longerGut and grit will get you throughHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayWinner, winner, winner, I'm a winner, winner, winnerI'm a winner, winner, winner, it's trueWinner, winner, winner, I'm a winner, winner, winnerI'm a winner, winner, winner, are you?And the days are calling a night time of fear as the blisters are starting to healAnd you've fallen down and when you've had to get upOn the way you've learned how to kneelIf you just hold on a little longerGut and grit will get you throughHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayAnd all the fussers and the fighters and the liars and the cheaters and the laggards and the braggarts and the energy depleters, on the whole they disappearAnd all the hard clap early-morning soul-destroying loser talk with blisters, sore back sore brain your gunna balk on yeah it disappearsAnd all those old folks who told you to get a real job oh yeah they disappearAnd all those early ripe early rot privileged kids oh man they disappearSo if you hold on a little longerGut and grit will see you throughHold hold holdHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayHow great does this feelHow great does this feelTo be standing here todayWinner, winner, winner, I'm a winner, winner, winnerI'm a winner, winner, winner, it's trueWinner, winner, winner, I'm a winner, winner, winnerI'm a winner, winner, winner, are you?Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Home Not Home

  Music brings us into the world, travels with us on our journey and then bids us farewell."Songs are like pictures encased in a melodic motif so when we can't talk, or we speak another language, we can still connect through music." - Jan Hellriegel 2019.HOME NOT HOME (MOTHER AND DAUGHTER)So I went home to your homeBut no one was home.It was no homeI called out your name.No replies came.It was no home.I cleaned all the walls at your homeI emptied out the cupboards andPut the stuff in my car.And I took it with me but can't you seeIt don't belong .And in the quiet I recallOnly beauty that you could grow at home.And the longing gaze as you wrangled meTempestuous and wild and not liking frilly thingsAnd I am sorry I never told you in time.How did I not notice?How did I not see?That a daughter of yoursWas always going to end upRunning wild, untameable, contraryBut running free.So I went home to your home.It's the last time I know I'll probably be there.But I'll take you with meAnd I still got that keyTo your home.And in the quiet I recallHow you went into bat for me.When you went down to the school and said"There will be no home economics for she"Because in your eyes I could have been a butcher or a bakerA doctor or a lawyer or anything I wanted to be.You said "You've got this girl and after allYou're more beautiful and intelligent than me"How did I not notice?How did I not see?That a daughter of yours was always going to end upSinging her owns tunes and thanks to youAlways be running free.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• So Happy

  If you could do anything, what would you do?"Of all the hurdles you will face in your life, the hardest will be your self-imposed limitations." - Jan Hellriegel 2019SO HAPPYSome things are indescribableUntil you know just what you want to saySo just relax and rememberEverything is going right todayEverything is so goodEverything is going rightI never knew that ICould feel this wayOh so happyThings are finally on my sideFeeling goodOh so happyIt's true, life can get so hardYou can feel like giving it all awaySo just relax and rememberEverything is conspiring to go your wayEverything is so goodEverything is going rightI never knew that ICould feel this wayOh so happyThings are finally on my sideFeeling goodOh so happyEverything is so goodEverything is going right I never knew that ICould feel this wayOh so happyThings are finally on my sideFeeling goodAnd so happyWords and Music: W.R. Bell and J HellriegelGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Mother and Son

  Take one step at a time. Just put one foot in front of the other."There is no denying life can sometimes be very prickly or it can be the sweet sniff of a rose." - Jan Hellriegel 2019.MOTHER AND SONHow did I get caught like this?Tangled up so I can't run.How did I get caught in the cold though I am under the sun?Without the light of a smile of someone I love.How do I feel so alone?In a room full of people I know and they're having such fun.How can I raise the bar when it's so far above?What is the meaning of our nonsensical life?One step at a time my boyOne foot in front of the other.The journey may take some time to unfoldBut you'll get there in the end.How did I fall so far down?Yesterday I was racing for the sky.How do I pick myself up and make it all right?How do I face it now?This wonderful fight.One step at a time my boyOne foot in front of the other.The journey may take some time to unfoldBut you'll get there in the end.And all the things you will discoverWhen you jump on a breezeIt'll comfort and take you there.And know that you're lovedBut some things you must do on your ownAnd I know in my heartYou have all that you need.Oh ah.One step at a time my boyOne foot in front of the other.The journey may take some time I knowBut you'll get there in the end.And all the things you will discoverAnd all the mountains you will climb over time.From up thereYou'll see the world.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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