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Full Circle

from Full Circle [EP] by The Whisky Priests

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FULL CIRCLE

In the great days of steam
I was the toast of the town
My brand new paintwork gleamed
As people flocked from miles around
To see to touch to wave to cheer
A newborn child of engineers
And the hearts of my two thousand horses beat
To the rhythm of their tiny lives
I rolled and sped and hissed and with pride

An iron beast of burden
I tore through the veins and guts of the land
Supplying mineral wealth
Fed by a fireman’s lonely hand
With the passion of a thousand suns
My kisses scorched his bursting lungs
Like a lover’s heart my fires were stoked
By rough hands touched with tenderness
As I held him in my warm caress

I became a river supplying endless streams
To valleys and mountains red and gold and green
To fortune to fame to romance and to dreams
I was privy to their secrets and their schemes
As their lives touched me

And I fed the hungry engines of war
With the finest crop in England’s store
An ocean of tears drowned the platform roar
Through emotions never felt so deep before

I fell to the diesel age
Time and progress conquered me
Withdrawn and derelict
Nature laid cruel hands on me
She turned my once bright coat to rust
As my memory faded into dust
Some small affection I could claim
As a nest for lovebirds I became
Or a secret den for children’s games

Rescued and restored by loving hands
In my former glory I now stand
My paint gleams once more people flock again in awe
To celebrate to see to touch to talk
Of one reborn

(Gary Miller)

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from Full Circle [EP], released December 14, 2012
Recorded at The Old Dairy Studio, York, 15th-17th September 1999
engineered & mixed by Phil Elliot
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Best of The Whisky Priests’ (WPTCD25 Whippet Records 2013)
Previously released on the Various Artists compilation album ‘A Full Head of Steam’ (AFHOSCD001 Northern Sky Music 2000)

Gary Miller – lead vocals, electric guitar
Glenn Miller – accordion
Hugh Bradley – electric guitar, backing vocals
Andy Tong – bass, backing vocals
Cozy Dixon – drums

Written & composed by Gary Miller

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Gary Miller Durham, UK

Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with his twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of Folk Music". He now performs as a solo artist and with his new band 'Gary Miller's Big Picture' whose debut album is coming soon. ... more

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