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Prichard Harter

by Prichard Harter

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1.
I’ll see you when you the Devil lets you down I’m standing with my feet right on the ground I tell you anything you want to hear me say Because I love the way you make me feel Like I’ve done nothing wrong I’ll drink the muddy water I’ll flip the sirens on I’ll leave the whiskey in the window My baby, she’s long gone You seem to like the scandal I’ll wear you on my sleeve Now pass that empty bottle We’re leaving New Year’s Eve But the funny thing about it I know the reason why Either you’ll make me laugh You’d better make me cry I’ll see you when you the Devil lets you down I’m standing with my feet right on the ground I tell you anything you want to hear me say Because I love the way you make me feel Like I don’t mean a thing I’ll drink that muddy water I’ll flip the sirens on I’ll leave the whiskey in the window My baby, she’s long gone My friends always ask me Why I let her do me wrong A wiser man once told me He sang it in a song You’ve got find your retribution And the road is high You know she don’t make laugh She only makes me cry I’ll see you when you the Devil lets you down I’m standing with my feet right on the ground I’ll tell you anything you want to hear me say Because I love the way you make me feel Like I’ve done nothing wrong I’ll drink the muddy water I’ll flip the sirens on I’ll leave the whiskey in the window My baby, she’s long gone I’ll see you when you the Devil lets you down I’m standing with my feet right on the ground I’ll tell you anything you want to hear me say Because I love the way you make me feel Like I don’t mean a thing I’ll drink that muddy water I’ll flip the sirens on I’ll leave the whiskey in the window My baby, she’s long gone
2.
If you keep your friends as close as lies If the rain is clouding up your eyes When the tree undresses for the breeze Look to me (look to me) How you hope your dreams could be like life How the wind can calculate your time If the tree top’s empty, you’re inclined To look for me (just look for me) That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow So your thoughts are written like a poem Metaphors keep slipping through the folds Gonna catch your breath and find some time To read to me (read to me) When the weather screeches to a halt When you find some time to work it out Find the places buried in your dreams Look so free (you look so free) That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow That early morning rain Tiptoes through the city That early country rain Is falling like the snow
3.
The light you thought you left behind still shines I can see it when you open up your eyes You gotta dig for what you want, or take what’s right on top The light you thought you left behind still shines Believe me when I say that you are brave Although your calling calls you to your grave You’re fighting for your pride but you’re freezing up inside Believe me when I say that you are brave The light you thought you left behind still shines I can see it when you open up your eyes You gotta dig for what you want, or take what’s right on top The light you thought you left behind still shines You’ve gotta walk that ragged mile You’ve gotta turn the other key I’ve seen the light behind your smile You’ve seen the light go out of me I can’t bleed the poison from your veins You’re just like me, you know you’re not to blame Honey, we can watch the rain on this hundred-acre plain But I can’t bleed the poison from your veins The light you thought you left behind still shines I can see it when you open up your eyes You gotta dig for what you want, or take what’s right on top The light you thought you left behind still shines You’ve gotta walk that ragged mile You’ve gotta turn the other key I’ve seen the light behind your smile You’ve seen the light go out of me Oh I can’t bleed the poison from your veins You’re just like me, you know you’re not to blame Honey, we can watch the rain on this hundred-acre plain But I can’t bleed the poison from your veins The light you thought you left behind still shines I can see it when you open up your eyes You gotta dig for what you want, or take what’s right on top The light you thought you left behind still shines The light you thought you left behind still shines I can see it when you open up your eyes You gotta dig for what you want, or take what’s right on top The light you thought you left behind still shines The light you thought you left behind still shines
4.
Stately lady, can I lay you down? Some lonesome valley Outside of town You kiss so sweet And your love’s the same But the game you’re playing That ol’ lover’s game I can’t and you know why Sun comes dripping down that orange sky I can, I will provide For the colors and changes sparking across my mind Bitter lady, can I shut you off? Ripple the water And sharpen the rust Eyes like venom And your lips like wine And your departure Has got me feeling fine I can’t and you know why Sun comes dripping down that orange sky I can, I will provide For the colors and changes sparking across my mind For the colors and changes sparking across my mind
5.
She thought she caught me staring, but I was only glaring At the exit sign She moved across the marble floor, passed his gaze and out the door The next one’s mine she smiles As I followed out to find him, somebody there behind him Raised him up and brought him down ‘What’s it all about?’ I heard you ask I said it’s nothing but the sound Not knowing what to make of it my mind began to shake a bit I stepped inside Felt a hand upon my shoulder, I turned around to hold her And I don’t know why I’d never seen her anywhere, I didn’t have a right to care She kept me at arm’s length ‘What’s it all about?’ I heard her ask I said I didn’t have the strength That fortune teller sold to me a vision that could only be A waste of time She told me I was broken, I told another joke and We were out of time But I kind of liked the lies, I didn’t mind the price She opened up the sky I asked her what the cards were for She told me not to open up my eyes There’s not a single part of me that doesn’t want to try to be The best I can There’s times I get so lost before I find my way I’ve crossed Another line again I don’t know where I went wrong, I can find it in a song I can run my trouble down Don’t ask me ‘bout the weather It’s always never nothing but the sound Don’t ask me ‘bout the weather It’s always never nothing but the sound Don’t ask me ‘bout the weather It’s always never nothing but the sound
6.
Release 03:58
He pictured her in a sleek gold dress In the backwoods of the country She prayed a while to her defense And walked off in the morning And he wondered why it took so long She dried her eyes but didn’t move on He thanked his gods for release She ran away to a bitter place And latched on to another The bitter laughs, the pseudo grins Borrowed and delivered And she tried so hard to be someone But every time she heard that song She drained her eyes for release He carved a ship into a stone With colors luminescing She painted red on a canvas sewn By others who have claimed him And she shouts so loud in her dreams He smiled so wide, you should have seen Him whisper will for her release
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8.
Judge put me up without parole Asked for mercy on my soul He don’t scare me none you see Jailers wife’s got eyes for me I gotta say, I gotta say I seen you walking that-a-way Don’t come too close, oh never mind I’m not the kind, I’m not the kind You’ve got a man made out of lies You said he steals; God knows he tries He’s not the one to keep you warm He’ll leave you out there in the storm I gotta say, I gotta say He’ll leave you low and run away He’s got your gun; you’ve got mine too He’s not alone when I’m with you Bring down the lamp (bring down the lamp) I’ll never leave (I’ll never leave) I’ll cut me down to make you see I’m not the kind to hang around Don’t care to hear your dying sound I gotta say, I gotta say That ain’t the road; this ain’t the way Now I don’t mind just where you been You let me out, I’ll let you in Bring down the lamp (bring down the lamp) I’ll never die (I’ll never die) Leave out the back; I’ll wait inside We’ll never see his face again We don’t belong with those kind of men I gotta say, I gotta say You’ve gotta run the other way You got it right, love’s always wrong Go out and live where you belong I gotta say, I gotta say You’ll see the flames a mile away Brought down the lamp against his mind You like me now? Lord, I don’t mind
9.
Riverbend 03:03
I marched up a straight line to a river bend, dropping candy in its place 
Had no sense of living when I left 
I took my maps and magnets,
and I threw them in the wake
 Scripts and twisted loss roll down the way My thoughts roll into one,
 and we were losin’ light
 Must have been the run '
Cause I know I can make it out My thoughts roll into one, 
and we were losin’ light
 Must have been the run '
Cause I know I can make it out Six long years I’ve waited, carving content into rain 
I said I felt like flyin’
 Fly away (I’ll fly away)
 Trade my guilt and worry 
For the colors in my brain 
Scripted hues of hope every day My thoughts roll into one,
 and we were losin’ light
 Must have been the run '
Cause I know I can make it out
10.
And I bid farewell to a flailing dream With a shaky hand and a hold on me And I shift my loss all across the space With a conscience free and a lifted weight When I see you nerves clench Like sirens in the waves And we can take our time Throw it all away Now I found my frame, I can see it clear And you found your space right outside of there Where you gather gloom, and you gasp for great You bit my tongue, left an awful taste When I see you nerves clench Like sirens in the waves And we can take our time Throw it all away Now I lock my fate right outside the door And I keep my fear in an empty drawer Like a low-tide sway or a steady breeze That northside biped’s got a hold on me That northside biped’s got a hold on me When I see you nerves clench Like sirens in the waves And we can take our time Throw it all away
11.
I’ve never been the kind to say what’s on my mind I hold my breath and keep it deep inside And I’ll always disappear when you say you need me near It’s nothing but the way I like to hide I just keep living this away Running from today Finding myself face down in tomorrow Something’s not the same, everything’s a shame I’ll meet you at the bottom of the hill It’s not that I don’t like the colors in your eyes It’s something in your smile that makes me nervous And I’ll try to compromise by wearing a disguise But I can’t breathe until I’m on my own I just keep living this away Running from today Finding myself face down in tomorrow Something’s not the same, everything’s a shame I’ll meet you at the bottom of the hill If you had a dog, I’d only feed it flowers If I were a horse I’d let you ride me If you’d be my friend, I’d love you till the end And if you’d hold me close I’d let you find me I just keep living this away Running from today Finding myself face down in tomorrow Something’s not the same, everything’s a shame I’ll meet you at the bottom of the hill

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Chicagoland's Prichard Harter brings you their debut full-length release. The band set out in the early spring of 2016 to capture 11 original songs. Thank you for listening to our music.

Recorded at Rax Trax Recording
Mixed and mastered by Andy Shoemaker

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released February 25, 2017

Cheyne Heaton – Mandolin, Vocals
Matt Augustine – Guitar, Vocals
Jake Carmany – Bass, Vocals
Cole Oosthuizen – Drums, Vocals
Derek Gray – Fiddle, Vocals

Big thanks to our friends and family for their endless support, Rax Trax Recording and Andy Shoemaker, Kent Werner, Ian Krass, and everybody else who helped to make the album possible.

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Prichard Harter is a progressive Bluegrass/Americana band based in Chicagoland. Prichard Harter's inimitable style stems from the song writing team of mandolin player Cheyne Heaton and guitarist Matt Augustine. The duo's diverse writing styles lend a captivating dynamic to their compositions, which are filled out by bassist Jake Carmany and percussionist Cole Oosthuizen. ... more

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