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Oil and Water

from The Reckoning by Steve Tilston

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Passed a wheat field with two scarecrows in it. On the head of each one was perched a crow … seemed to speak volumes. Not quite sure what, but I ponder it often.

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I might never pass this way again,
I might never get to sing you this song.
By the time it turns to day again
Could have packed my dreams and gone.

Oil and water, my wheels are crying out for air.
This old engine is way past tender loving care.
Oil & water don’t mix well like whiskey and wine.
Some concoctions just get you no further down the line.

Smoke & Mirrors, we all see what we wish to see.
Sweet illusions, the way we would like things to be.
Smoke & mirrors, the truth gets no easier to read.
Spend a lifetime repaying those things we don’t need .

Down the backroads the scarecrows are guarding the corn.
They don’t scare the crows or any other creature ever born.
Some say scarecrows have hearts and other feelings too.
If I ever lose my way that’s a job I could do.

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from The Reckoning, released July 25, 2011
Steve Tilston – Guitar/Vocals; David Crickmore – Acoustic Bass, 5 String Banjo, Shaker ; Mark Boyce –Drums; Gus Taylor – Accordion Backing vocals: Steve Tilston, Mark Boyce, Gus Taylor, Lee Walsh, Emma Crickmore, David Crickmore.

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Steve Tilston England, UK

Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated songsmiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.

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