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FARTHEST EDGE OF TOWN
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BREAK IN THE CLOUDS
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TALK AROUND
02:54
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BOTTOMING OUT
06:28
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Bottoming Out
lyrics/music: bill mallonee
Guitar player country band
too long watin' for the ship top come in
the ship to come in
Record man said he liked our sound
pulled some dust from a bag and he bought us another round
he bought us another round
Chorus:
Religion's neither here nor there
when you'r stuck in the middle of the thin air
it's too much hunger and not enough cash
it's always the cheap stuff that takes us down fast
always the cheap stuff that takes us down fast
and nothing is turning you about?
yeah, you're bottoming out...
i remember the bad & the dust
5 sets a night and you do what you must
You do what you must
look at those ruins you hide among
yeah your lips keep moving
you don't understand the tongue
you don't understand the tongue
Chorus
Make 'em believe it was love at first sight
Make 'em believe they had the time of their lives
and grace? Could there ever be enough
for the hollow places you can't fill up
you fill up or touch
Chorus
from Works (in) Progress Administration Vol. 1, released 01 October 2008
tags
Addiction, Americana country-alt country-alt. indie folk folk-rock indie-folk rock Santa Fe
license
all rights reserved
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PILLOW OF STARS
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FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER words/music: Bill Mallonee
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took the tears took the yearning
took the spaces in between
the ones all August and golden
took the Spirit at his word
you might say sight unseen
and i thought:"hey when we drown
we'll all down as one..."
but that was jut me wishing in the sun
and when thinking trumped the feeling
And the cards all fell to you
I knew this time i was wrong
i knew this time i was wrong
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I was loyal...i was true
i was pretty fond of you
at your feet my treasures i would lay
here's your heartache and transparency
vermillion and blue
but you never met my gaze
and i thought:"hey when we drown
we'll all down as one..."
but that was jut me wishing in the sun
and when thinking trumped the feeling
And the cards all fell to you
I knew this time i was wrong
i knew this time i was wrong
Oh, the sad decay of paper
and the books we put away
but once they were our mother
my soul is still august an gold
and the mystery still pervades
for one reason or another
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PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS
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PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS.... by Bill Mallonee
now, the drums they are a pounding and the sabers they are rattlin'
flags are running up the pole
alotta prayers are getting prayed...horn sections havin' their say.
alotta noise to be made...
when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords
they're splitting into factions and those knee-jerk reactions
generals sitting round getting bored
how does a single drop of blood turn into a flood?
i guess black magic happens...
when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords
You can't estimate the costs; no getting back what got lost
ain't no point in really keep score
nothing new upon the table since Cain took out Abel
repercussions they just happen
when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords
Now babe the sky is blue and i'd love to dream a dream with you
forever and a day i would adore
seems like there's always one man whose got some kind of other plans
Ya' keep in step and they march you off to war.
now we're waiting for the shoe to drop and they're smiling for their photo-op
but it's the boxes on the runway that tell the score
and the drums keep on a poundin'
peace she's always drowning
alotta shit it just happens when
when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords
...and the tears fall like rain
and there's no medicine for such pain
and darkness wins again
when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords
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INTO OUR OWN SKIN
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STRING OF PEARLS (live)
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THE LAST WORD
06:04
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Bill Mallonee
Bill Mallonee is an Americana artist w/ 80 plus albums over a 30 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their
"Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He was the
founding member of Vigilantes of Love. He has worked with Mark Heard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, & Peter Buck from REM.
His most recent work, "Lead On, Kindly Light" is a 23song double Cd released Feb 2020.
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