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Last night I dreamed
I was ragged and torn
I'd been crushed of all hope
Since the day I was born
I was faceless and nameless
And barely fifteen
Was the 16th of August
In 1819

Last night I dreamed
I'd no shoes on my feet
Stood in St Peter's Field
In the midsummer heat
And someone there spoke
Of a long distant dream
Was the 16th of August
In 1819

Well I knew of St Peter
A fisherman born
Did it take all his faith up
To ride out a storm?
And before he met Christ
Then to whom did he pray?
There was many a devil
But no God there that day

Last night I dreamed
Of a cavalry horse
Rearing up there before me
The magistrate's force
With the flash of a blade
Heard a young woman scream
Was the 16th of August
In 1819

I knew of St Peter
And three times he lied
With his own eyes a witness
Yet still he denied
There was no son of God
Just a man to betray
There was many a devil
But no God there that day

Last night I dreamed
Of a soldier before me
I looked in his eyes
And I saw only hate
I turned to my people
All bloodied and broken
And fifteen lay dead
At the hands of the State

Well I knew of St Peter
Would he look down in shame
At the blood on this field here
Now bearing his name?
When nailed to a cross of his own
Could he pray?
There was many a devil
But no God there that day.

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from The Past Won't Last Forever EP, released November 26, 2018
Joe Solo and Rebekah Findlay

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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry. ... more

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