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Reap What You Sow

by Harvey Springfield

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1.
Change the News 03:13
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Have you heard of our Johnny? He was on the news today It was one of those sad stories that never end up well Well Johnny was my buddy I used to know him well Not well enough I guess to foresee his tragic fate When your own house is just a jail When your own mind is just a cage When there’s nothing we can say I wish I could change the news Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could break the rules Oh, oh, oh! And stop this game of fools Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could change the news The neighbours said it’s never pretty around this neck of the woods But what the hell do I know? I was the lucky one Who would have thought the teacher’s pet The quiet one who never swears Who never broke a single plate Could do a thing like this It feels like Hell broke loose today You can see shadows everywhere You raise the questions It’s all fake There ain’t no answers yet When your own house is just a jail When your own mind is just a cage When there’s nothing we can say I wish I could change the news Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could break the rules Oh, oh, oh! And stop this game of fools Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could change the news When your own house is just a jail When your own mind is just a cage When there’s nothing we can say I wish I could change the news Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could break the rules Oh, oh, oh! And stop this game of fools Oh, oh, oh! I wish I could change the news We never gave much credit to no one’s highs and lows You can always wash it down as long as the tap is on
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Evil Inside 03:22
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The bastards have broken the old wooden horse you used to ride in the park where we met The bench where we first kissed is now locked in chains ‘cause you can’t trust nobody these days They keep vandalising the statues of victims whose names they won’t bother to learn There’s broken glass all around the swing and the slide Some days I just want to let go of this evil inside That haunted mansion we were always banned from was set on fire last night They punctured the wheels of the abandoned Trans Am I was gonna drive to get away They’re still racing mad on their suicide cars each Friday night by the seaside And I can’t even call to your phone booth ‘cause they just cut the wires Some days I just want to let go of this evil inside The waters keep rising, the wetlands keep drying and the fish are all choking on coke They spit on my doorstep, they park on my driveway and push me away with their smoke The blind ones can see it, the deaf ones can feel it but the cynics keep blaming the sun They laugh at the buskers who sing in the cold every night Some days I just want to let go of this evil inside Some days I just want to let go of this evil inside Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
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I Won't Give Up 02:41
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No need to apologize for the things you don’t regret Oh, oh! Oh, oh! It ain’t no sacrifice when you don’t feel any pain Oh, oh! Oh, oh! And I won’t give up ‘til you prove me wrong I won’t give up ‘til I get across I won’t give up ‘til I make my point I won’t give up. No! You treat me like a pet and you keep me in a cage Oh, oh! Oh, oh! You thought I’d bite your bait but I ain’t no easy prey Oh, oh! Oh, oh! And I won’t give up ‘til you prove me wrong I won’t give up ‘til I get across I won’t give up ‘til I make my point I won’t give up. No! And I won’t give up ‘til you prove me wrong I won’t give up ‘til I get across I won’t give up ‘til I make my point I won’t give up. No! Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
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Your Accordion Song 03:43
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It was the first time we ever saw Dylan On that crowded beach on a hot summer eve He played the last chords like a rolling stone Hey that could be me on a night like this in search of God knows what! The moon turned down its shining It feared for its life, it turned a blind eye It stayed in its den, t gave me no chance But to accept that its charm is not meant to be spent on the day-dreaming kind Guess it just wasn’t our fate, it wasn’t our night I was wrong ‘cause the moon’s always right Now let me sleep the night along to your accordion song Then it drizzled all over the avenue We were cast away from the merry-go-round And gone into exile on a dark boulevard Out there where the pilgrims await the day on a silent bandstand And the music led on to our slumbers While giving away my sorrowful side Exposing my wounds Amplifying my blues The minutes flew by and a hard cold truth took over and dawned on us Guess it just wasn’t our fate, it wasn’t our night I was wrong ‘cause the moon’s always right Now let me sleep the night along to your accordion song So many letters and phone calls So many stations and so many farewells And so many rides and one more goodbye With dead-pan eyes and a one-way ticket to another promised land Guess it just wasn’t our fate, it wasn’t our night I was wrong ‘cause the moon’s always right Now let me sleep the night along to your accordion song Then I’ll leave you alone Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
5.
You Put a Spell on Me 01:51
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I can’t feel the breeze if you keep blowing into my face I can’t hear my beat if you keep tapping on my chest I gotta find out what I need You made me think it’s what I want You put a spell on me I can’t see the light if you keep looking into my eye I can’t hear my thoughts if you keep talking into my ear I gotta find out what I need You made me think it’s what I want You put a spell on me I gotta find out what I need You made me think it’s what I want You put a spell on me Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
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Have You Seen the Storm 03:36
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Have you seen that storm? It wasn’t there a while ago Have you seen its size? I think we all should run inside Have you seen that cloud? It must have been brewing for quite a while We saw the warning signs But now I can’t believe my eyes Have you seen that storm? Have you seen that storm? Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Have you seen the fire? We shouldn’t have let it all dry Have you seen those flames? I think I know who’s to blame Have you seen my torch? I keep it in a secret spot Away from the boss Around here there’s cronies galore Have you seen my gun? Have you seen my gun? Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
7.
Fountain of Life 03:27
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The rooster is crowing The cowbells are tolling The frost is now melting away There’s an amber horizon And soon we’ll be marching Away to the fountain of life I smell chestnuts roasting While you’re still there yawning But we haven’t got time for a bite It’s a good day for hiking And it’s not only hardship When you’re going to the fountain of life Well if you get in trouble If there’s a hole in your bucket You don’t wait ’till they fix it for you It’s each one for themselves This is how we all got here It’s the rule at the fountain of life You may think we’re all good friends When it’s all grins and handshakes But you gotta be able to tell Who plays by the rules Who you shouldn’t trust We all need this fountain of life We all saw the drought coming You reap what you sow brother And we pay the price every day There’s no one else to blame And you don’t beg for mercy Down here at the fountain of life Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020
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Mountain O' Gold 03:23
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Yuletide Serenade 02:48
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This Side of the Road 04:06
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Well I couldn’t afford any luxuries And I couldn’t afford no drugs We spent it all on survival And I wish I had a story to tell My school was the books from my grandad My gym were the hills on my town They teach you to walk and you learn how to run What else can a poor boy do? What else can a poor boy do? On this side of the road On this side of truth and facts It’s where I belong It’s where I come from On this side of the road On this side of the road On this side of the road On this side of the road My dope was the smell of old vinyl My sleigh was a cardboard on grass My football a mash-up of plastic And I wish I had a story to tell My school was the books from my grandad My gym were the hills on my town They teach you to walk and you learn how to fly What else can a poor boy do? What else can a poor boy do? On this side of the road On this side of truth and facts It’s where I belong It’s what I call home On this side of the road On this side of the road On this side of the road On this side of the road Written by Harvey Springfield © 2020

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Harvey Springfield is back with his fourth solo album “Reap What You Sow”, a collection of short-stories with a cinematic and brooding feel. A new direction which evoques Tarantino’s soundtracks and classic albums produced by Daniel Lanois (Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy) and T. Bone Burnett (Raising Sand). You can also feel the influence of Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads, the Springsteen of Nebraska or Devils & Dust, Neil Young’s Sleeps With Angels, Emmylou Harris’ Red Dirt Girl, Calexico, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Cracker, The Jayhawks, Chris Isaak’s “Baja California” crooner style on Mountain O’ Gold and even Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler on the Christmas instrumental Yuletide Serenade.

The release title suggests this is a concept album about facing your demons and coming to terms with the consequences of your own actions. It spins around different social and psychological topics such as domestic violence on Change The News, vandalism and revenge on Evil Inside, human-sparked wildfires on Have You Seen The Storm, climate change and water scarcity on Fountain of Gold. The album is tinged with a sense of oppression and a need to break free.

Each song sets you in a different landscape due to a wide variety of instruments and textures including surf and fuzz guitars, organ, accordion, strings, a brass section, chimes, bells, glockenspiel and even horse shoes.

“I wrote most of these songs in the late 90s and early 2000s but it never felt like the right time to record and release them until now. I wanted to create an atmospheric album that steers away from the current trends and has a unique vibe” explains Harvey on the liner notes.

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released October 1, 2021

Written, performed and produced by Harvey Springfield

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Harvey Springfield’s sixth solo album “Dark Sides”, comes out on Friday 1st March 2024, only four months after his fifth outing “Sick Sick World”. The new album explores the blind spots of the human psyche.

The digital album will be available for pre-order on Apple Music on February 2nd. You can pre-save it on Spotify now at show.co/e5ZvRMB ... more

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