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Works (in) Progress Administration Vol. 8: Coal Dust Soul (released Jun. 2010)

by Bill Mallonee/WPA

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SOMETHING MORE THEN MEETS THE EYE (OPINE) words & music: bill mallonee From the stories to the footnotes of Life's book from the sullied facts to something a lil' closer to the Truth From the gallows every sage will one day meet To the fires at the stakes warming every prophets feet Past all that is abusive to something more alive something more...than meets the eye it's all garbled transmissions & static in these news reports It's a wonder truth ever gets her day in court having to speak through all those agendas so long and long that make sure their version is the only one Past all that is elusive to something more alive something more than meets the eye So it's a lil' too cramped? Maybe a little to confining 'round here? We were all meant for something bigger, dear meant to swim in an River , one so deep and wide into that Ocean of Love just there on the other side on to something more conducive, something more alive something more than meets the eye when it's all just dead lies on telephone lines and friends? Well, they're not around You do what cha must shake off the dust and find yourself a brand new town One more soap-box to stand on, one more water hole where you drown Take the time to opine...and push the pedal down onto something more conclusive but something more alive something more than meets the eye
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1,000 Miles Off Year: 2005 Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) what's it gonna take to set the record straight the critics they're just dogs looking for a hydrant to piss on what's it gonna take when ghosts are hard to shake the harvest was a-waiting the sickle and the scythe that cold and distant wind that autumn's bringing in i was waiting in the wings for you to save me that aggravating loose thread the knotted thin line of hope when your heart's grown far too used to the scatter gun approach and the walls are paneled with the salvation prayers off the tv channel it's bigger than you feared those objects in your mind's side view mirror It don't take a mathematician to figure out the loss hell you could see it coming from 1,000 miles off i awoke to a voice i heard in the hall sun illuminates a peeling paint kitchen wall you're drinking whisky from a cup that says i love grandma that you bought at the space center in Huntsville. Alabama it was top down on a highway of promises and trust now the labor bosses they all cleared out after boom there is the bust never took a palm reader to have foreseen the loss hell you could see it coming from 1,000 miles off and the eyes are downcast like everybody else's here and the secret's that you feel like shit but don't say nothing dear soil's lost its heart and the veins have all been cleared and the blood ran out on that spur line of yesteryear and there's no living it down the camera crews and documentary can barely scratch the surface like we did the hills of west virginny never took a prophet to have foreseen the loss hell you could see it coming from 1,000 miles off
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COAL DUST SOUL Music/lyrics: bill mallonee You tell yourself it’s only temporary just a few years you gotta shave off of your youth But sure as tomorrow, given all you’ll have to borrow that company store won’t ever turn you loose chorus 1 a miner’s world is a dark one miner’s world is full of ghosts a miner’s I’ll guarantee... she prays more than most I won’t have much to offer no, I won’t have much to show nothing but this coal dust soul nothing but this coal dust soul There’s always one more kid who'll be gambling but there’s really no escaping the curse when all yer measured by down here are the veins you can clear and what you can scrape outta the earth chorus 2 a miner’s world is a dark one miner’s world is full of ghosts a miner’s wife, I reckon, she prays more than most and if I get to heaven I won’t have much in tow nothing but this coal dust soul nothing but this coal dust soul now to steal the earth’s possessions must surely come with a cost and I know all my friends down here by the sound of their cough I know ‘em by the smiles they smile beneath the grimy face I know ‘em by the things they can’t really say chorus 3 a miner’s world is a dark one miner’s world is full of ghosts a miner’s wife, I’m here to say she prays more than most and if I do get meet Jesus I won’t have much to show nothing but this coal dust soul nothing but this coal dust soul
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These songs were written shortly after the numerous mining disasters that occured in the US and abroad in the first few months of 2010. Photos from the 1930's-1940's also served as a reminder that, in many ways, not much has changed in the day to day lives of these men and women. Their courage and determination remain an inspiration. This EP is dedicated to their spirit. Lyrics are available in blog form at www.myspace.com/worksprogressadministration Personnel: Bill Mallonee: Guitars, vocals, bass, drums, harmonicas Muriah Rose: Keyboards, vocals

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released June 9, 2010

Bill Mallonee: vocals, guitars, organ, harp, drums
Muriah Rose: piano, vocals

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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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