Past Harvest

by The Wickermen

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1.
Did a black cat cross your path? Did your heart beat out in anger? Is there silk wrapped round your painted cards? Did you fall for that cruel, dark stranger? Gypsy lover or sweet misfortune Jump into the deep end Dancing to the whims of love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Did you kiss that crystal ball? Did you sign your name in poison? Did you light that sacrificial fire? Were your tears of blood and crimson? Gypsy lover or sweet misfortune Jump into the deep end Dancing to the whims of love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Are there secrets that you're keeping to yourself? Do the things you do seem strange? Did you wish upon a star that fell out of the sky? Does the heartache still remain? Gypsy lover or sweet misfortune Jump into the deep end Dancing to the whims of love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Did you meet with men in black? Did you cross that palm with silver? Were your sacraments with bread and wine? Did you drown in that private river? Gypsy lover or sweet misfortune Jump into the deep end Dancing to the whims of love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours Love and saviours
2.
You know I'm in this room, this room is full of people Some are full of prejudice and some are full of love I hold your hand a while, you tell me that you're leaving I close the door behind me, walk out to the dark There are times I walk for hours and hours They say this love is such a bitter fruit Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me? Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me? And all those promises I made in my best interest They lie broken on a cross I could not bear I'll wipe the slate and use it for a different purpose Make the words sound more like hope and not despair There are times I walk for hours and hours They say this love is such a bitter fruit Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me? Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me? Black heart raven fly away I never liked that tower anyway And I have walked behind the ghost of desperation Clutched at straws, knocked at doors I knew it always shut I'll try lifting all the lids and raising every curtain Question why some have everything and some have not There are times I walk for hours and hours They say this love is such a bitter fruit Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me? Will you stay? Will you stay this time? Will you stay this time for me?
3.
Plans and promises and paper dolls And tigers burning bright Watch the forests of the world Feel the sleeplessness tonight I dreamed I reached the river's end I dreamed this bitterness would never come again We read a lot, hear a lot, hide a lot Chance a lot, hurt a lot, find a lot The walls come down, the waters flow The walls come down, people never change I want to know, want to know why I dreamed I reached the river's end I dreamed this bitterness would never come again The wind swept by with leaves about their faces Strangled silence by the living and the dead That in one small word, the gift of how to swim Let it swim now, let it swim now Television plays the images game Sneaking out the back door they don't feel the shame They get you when your hands are tied when you're open wide They don't feel the pressure 'cause it's coming from their side Ah don't believe the papers, don't believe in what they say They get 'em and they take 'em and they lock 'em far away It could be me it could be you, it could be any one of us When you find the truth now who do you trust? Who do you trust? Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge And I'm trying not to lose my head I dreamed I reached the river's end I dreamed this bitterness would never come a... I dreamed I reached the river's end I dreamed this bitterness would never come again
4.
And they claim their victories And they say that victory is sweet And they wave their idiot flags And they're throwing flowers on the street What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies Spoken when greed and anger fly What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies Don't believe the talking heads or listen to the spies What bitter lies And they build their monuments And they lay their wreaths in tiny rows And they paint their crosses white And they dress their dead in scarlet robes What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies are spoken when greed and anger fly What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies Don't believe the talking heads or listen to the spies What bitter lies Big politician make a name for yourself Or the world's going to make you a hero 'Cause people out there don't believe what you're saying What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies are spoken when greed and anger fly What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies Don't believe the talking heads or listen to the spies What bitter lies And they bring their mighty tanks And they bring their bombers and their guns And they hide behind their god And they keep those bastards on the run What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies are spoken when greed and anger fly What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies Don't believe the talking heads or listen to the spies What bitter lies What bitter lies What bitter lies When you make up your own mind and cover up your eyes Looks like a cover up

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all songs by Steph Miller

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released June 11, 2022

The Wickermen

Steph Miller - vocals, guitars, mandolin, organ
Greg Cameron - electic guitar, backing vocals
Steven White - bass, backing vocals
Rod Gilchrist - drums

Recorded and mixed at Studios 301 by Tony Espie, 1992
Produced by The Wickermen and Tony Espie

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Steph Miller and the Winter Station Sydney, Australia

Known nationally and internationally for his work in Roaring Jack and Eva Trout, Steph Miller has been performing his own songs, solo and in bands, for many years. The Winter Station brings together a fluid studio collaboration of top players from Sydney and regional New South Wales. ... more

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