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What You See (is what you get)

from The Last Of The Long Lost Hippies by The Pagan Love Cult

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lyrics

What You See (Is What You Get)
Words & Music by Neil Pike ©1998
The sun will one day disappear
All the rest remains unclear
Just shadows on the wall.
A second grace, a brand new face
A momentary glimpse of coloured space
Understanding as you fall.
Concrete grief, keep it brief
Understanding sweet relief
Thank you very well
And all you touch, all you know
Is mostly just a shadow show
Of wishing wells & private hells,
Listen to your heart, Listen to your heart

Sunflower fields, green apples hanging from a tree.
Haystack, lightning & an orange moon I see
The fruit’s not ripe but still it seems like it’s quite good to me,
Hanging round the madness of the gypsy quarter
Tripping on the sadness of my spiritual daughter
All the rest got led away like lambs unto the slaughter

Chorus:
What you see is what you get
I might be dying but I’m not quite dead yet
I leave this place with no regrets
Throw away my blindfold and my final cigarette.
I woke up laughing with a tear upon my face
Looked around me I was in the right place
The sun up above me and the trees all around.
I kiss the open sky I kiss this sacred ground.

One & one is two unless you know the way to fuse
All the rest is silence & there’s not much there to choose.
Still in all it mostly hurts you when you fall
I see you run from one circle to another
You’re still looking for yourself in the eyes of your lover.
The cracking wall is just another curtain call

Chorus:
What you see is what you get
I might be dying but I’m not quite dead yet
I leave this place with no regrets
Throw away my blindfold and my final cigarette.
I woke up laughing with a tear upon my face
Looked around me I was in a good place
The sun up above me and the trees all around.
I kiss the open sky I kiss this sacred ground.

Repeat Chorus:
What you see is what you get
We’re all dying but we’re not quite dead yet
I leave this world with no regrets
Throw away my blindfold and my final cigarette.
I woke up laughing with a tear upon my face
Looked around me I was in the right place
The sun up above me and the trees all around.
I kiss the open sky I kiss this sacred ground.

credits

from The Last Of The Long Lost Hippies, released December 19, 2017
Neil Pike: Vocals, 12 string, bass, drums, keys.
Pete Pix: Vocals, violin
Nina Rae Saunders: Vocals
Romany Pike: Ebow, guitar

Recorded at Pagan Love Cult HQ, Nimbin Oztralia
Engineared by Neil Pike
Mastered by Michael Worthington at Soundworthy Studios

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The Pagan Love Cult Australia

The Pagan Love Cult is the longest running psychedelic musical group in Oztralia. Operating in one form or another since the 1970s and based in the tiny rainforest-shrouded hippie town of Nimbin, their music is a hypnotic mixture of acoustic instruments, emotive vocals, swirling soundscapes, solid drums and intelligent lyrics. Close your eyes, relax and take the journey... ... more

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