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Bushes and Briars

from Home Waters by Sam Carter

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    Recorded in a converted church in rural Northumberland, Home Waters captures the full force of Sam Carter’s vivid, narrative-driven songwriting. Featuring the specially-assembled Home Waters String Quartet, the album’s rich emotional landscapes are exquisitely illustrated by producer Ian Stephenson’s cinematic string arrangements. Images of overwhelming floods, rising tides, and conflict-stricken seas sit alongside tales of love and loss, alluding to the search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory.

    The Home Waters CD features specially commissioned woodcut artwork by renowned Sheffield-based artist John Pedder. Booklet features full album lyrics.

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lyrics

I can’t believe that it’s so cold
And there ain’t been no snow
The sound of music it comes to me
From every place I go
Sunday morning, there’s no one in church
But the clergy’s chosen man
And he is fine I won’t worry about him
He’s got the book in his hand

There’s a bitter east wind and the fields are swaying
The crows are round their nests
I wonder what he’s in there saying
To all those souls at rest
I see the path which led to the door
And the clergy’s chosen man
Bushes and briars, you and I
Where do we stand?

I wonder if he knows I’m here
Watching the briars grow
And all these people beneath my shoes
I wonder if they know
There was a time when every last one
Knew a clergy’s chosen man
Where are they now? Thistles and thorns
Among the sand

I can't believe that it’s so cold
And there ain’t been no snow
The sound of music it comes to me
From every place I go
Sunday morning, there’s no one in church
But the clergy’s chosen man
Bushes and briars, thistles and thorns
Upon the land

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from Home Waters, released May 1, 2020

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‘Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection’ Songlines

2010 BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award Winner

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