Bonus track: (I SAW) THE END OF THE MATTER (no master)

from DOLOROSA (Fall & Winter 2013) by Bill Mallonee & The High Desert Freaks

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I SAW THE END OF THE MATTER words/music: bill mallonee

i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be
a long hall of mirrors
reflecting dimly
and questions? they hung in the air
like outlaws from a tree
i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be

i saw the end of the matter
it was more than i had hoped
call it the perfect punchline
to a perfect joke
you were the beacon in the lighthouse
but i was n'er good at swimming seas
i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be

i saw the end of the matter
it was just like a walk downtown
i'd lost my hope just like most folks
strugglin' not to drown
mind you now, it was just a glimpse
or maybe it was a dream
i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be

now truth? she had long since fled
might say she sought a higher ground
and justice? she'd long been dead
simply nowhere to be found
so much to say & no one to hear it
Baby, it's just like old times, you see?
i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be

now, people talk in riddles
and people speak in sums
people speak in digits
and people speak in tongues
but a picture's worth 1000 words
so let me draw it out for thee
i saw the end of the matter
it was just like i thought it would be

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from DOLOROSA (Fall & Winter 2013), released November 12, 2013
Bill Mallonee: electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, bass, drums, harp

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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. ... more

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