Written by: David Bowie
Recorded: 1969
Released: 17 May 2019
Available on:
Clareville Grove Demos
The ‘Mercury’ Demos
Conversation Piece
Personnel
David Bowie: vocals, guitar
John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson: guitar, vocals
‘Lover To The Dawn’ is a song by David Bowie which was later adapted for ‘Cygnet Committee’ on his second album.
Bowie and John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson recorded a home demo of the song in early 1969. It was subsequently released in the May 2019 box set Clareville Grove Demos.
Another demo was recorded by Bowie and Hutch in spring 1969. It was one of a number of demos captured in a single take on a Revox reel to reel tape machine.
This second version was also released in 2019 on The ‘Mercury’ Demos. Both demos were reissued later that year in the box set Conversation Piece.
Lyrics
And as the sparrow sings
Dawn chorus for
Someone else to hear
The thinker sits alone
Growing older
And so bitter
She gave them life
She gave them all
They drained her very soul dry, dry
Hey hey hey, bitter girl
We’re not just sitting here digging you
We flew down here just to figure you
It’s easy
Don’t be so bitter
Oh oh oh, crazy girl
You gave too much and you got nothing
Too many problems and not one thing
In return
Left high and dry, oh
And as the sun rise stream
Flickers on
She finds lavender
To hide the beckoning of hatred
Oh, what rise, baby skin
Throws back her head to scream her sides
The woodland shades its eyes
To such a strange event
Hey hey hey, bitter girl
We’re not just sitting here digging you
We flew down here just to figure you
It’s tragic
You seem to lose
Oh oh oh, crazy girl
Don’t throw your heart to the prowling moon
Don’t wait too long for the prowling moon
Why do you stay here for so long?
Here comes the day, open your eyes
To the sun, to the sun
Here comes the day, open your eyes
To the sun, to the sun
Here comes the day, open your eyes
To the sun, to the sun
