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scarecrow

from dogs in space by The Ears

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The Ears second single., recorded at Richmond Recorders, Melbourne. Engineered by Tony Cohen and (later in the session) Chris Thompson. Produced by Jim (Atkins?), Mark Farnell and The Ears. Released on Missing Link Records. Circa late 1981.

The image is unused cover art by Tony Harding

A clip directed by Richard Lowenstein (Dogs in Space) can be found on You Tube.

Later on down the track some MOR bore released a single of the same name. (not before!)

lyrics

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~ scarecrow ~
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From underneath
The stranger spaces in my heart
There something speaks
With a grim and ghastly grin to warn me
She’s standing there
A scarlet raven by her side
And I stop to stare …
What’s her name
The one I been following …

And I’ll stay in here
With all my needles in the red
For a thousand years
Or however long as the time it takes …
She’s standing there
Oh, be it her ashes or her soul
Or a minute when
I had time to waste and a tail to chase

Around & round & round & round
And in the same old places
Time and time and time again
Through this sea of faces

Scarecrow been flailing too long at the sparrow
I’m thirsty - But that’s how it goes you know
Scarecrow been eaten right down to the marrow
Hello. Hello. It goes you know

And there she is
And there are my fevers and my chills
And how is it
That when your fingers shake and the cellophane breaks
She’s standing there
All over the grey and drunken day
For a minute when …
Hey, what’s her name?
The one I been following …

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Scarecrow, so cold, so decrepit and narrow
Scarecrow forgotten what drowned in his sorrow

credits

from dogs in space, released December 4, 2010
guitar - Mick Lewis
bass/vocals - Cathy McQuade
drums - Carl Manuell
keys - Gus Till
vocals - Sam Sejavka

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The Ears Melbourne, Australia

The legendary Melbourne post-punk band of the early 80s - on which the film 'Dogs in Space' was based (and in which lead singer Sam Sejavka was played by Michael Hutchence of INXS) have exhumed themselves from an early grave and are realising their frightening potential for madness, whimsy and mind-destroying rock. ... more

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