Ironbark

Time and tide and wind and weather
 Haven't made you change a lot
 You're keeping everything together
 Skin as thick as ironbark
 Standing proud and tall and stately
 Strong against the winds of strife
 But I've heard you're feeling lately
 You've been cut right down by life
 Your skin might be as strong as iron
 Heartwood might be hard as stone
 But one cut and the blood runs red and living
 As any blood that ever flowed
 The cold hard steel of the axemans blow
 The winds of trouble and strife
 Won't bring you down for it's well you know
 You were born to survive
 Everything dead set against you
 Roots sunk deep in stony ground
 When life takes more than it presents you
 Sink those deep roots deeper down
 Don't let life keep you from living
 Don't let your heart get petrified
 Keep that lifeblood red and flowing
 Keep your iron soul alive
 Circles tell the tale of living
 Hard successes hard defeats
 Each ring spins it's tale of giving
 You're everything that this world needs
 The cold hard steel of the axemans blow
 The winds of trouble and strife
 Won't bring you down for it's well you know
 You were born to survive