A collaboration between Langford and Tully.

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Music: Langford. Lyrics: Langford-Tully. About "Bitter Season": "Bitter Season" By Dick Langford and John Tully. Dick wrote the music and lyrics and performed the song. Dick played all insturments, and mixed the entire track. John Tully wrote the lyrics and collaborated on the song arrangement. The song "Bitter Season" appears on Neil Young's "Living With War" web site. The "Living With War" web site is a collection of protest songs and other topical songs that he is collecting in conjunction with the "Freedom of Speech 06" CSN&Y reunion tour. The web site is at: http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html. Dick Langford is a musician from Brighton, England. The music of Dick Langford can be heard at: www.tut2.co.uk/. John is a member of the Baltimore, MD, U.S.A., band The Cracks. The music of The Cracks can be heard at: www.soundclick.com/thecracks.

Love lost and hearts grow weak
Lives tossed, take the chaff from the wheat
Hopes fade as the bodies break
Truth greys, it's the game that we play

In this bitter season - dreams wither on the vine
Bitter season - There's fire in the sky
Bitter season - We got to find a better reason to die

Hatred, I hear it all around
Hatred, I hate that bloody sound

Bones crack and the blood will run
Skewed facts seem to block out the sun
Sweet lies whispered by the crass
Soft flesh ripped by shattered glass

In this bitter season - God's not on any side
Bitter season - the devil's on the rise
Bitter season - we've got to find a better reason to die

Tears fall but the land is parched
Men crawl while the armies march
Don't try 'cos you can't pretend
There is something left that we can defend

In this bitter season - pity souls that cry
Bitter season - let history decide
Bitter season - we've got to find a better reason to die