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WHAT YOU TAKE & WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND

from AMBER WAVES Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (2012) by Bill Mallonee

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from Amber Waves. Life is so very much about distinguishing what is real, authentic and lasting from the temporal and illusionary. And God knows, there's lots of voices "competing for our attention. I don't see how kids sort through it all these days. Faith, I suppose, becomes a winnowing tool in these maters. A refiner's fire to bring forth that which is "gold,", and a magnetic north to navigate by.
This song was to be the closer" until "INTO GOD KNOWS WHAT" was written. People are the conduits of grace and goodness in our lives.

There is a lil' nod in the 2nd verse to national treasure, the incomparable Glenn Campbell.

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WHAT YOU TAKE (AND WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND)
words & music: Bill Mallonee

Between the clear as day and the wonderfully oblique 
'tween the dross in your veins and the treasure you still seek 
the span of years that reaches here to the skies 
what you take and what you leave behind 

between what you've seen and what your lips can tell 
between the stuff if the holy and the hard sell 
it occurs to you it was all gentle on your mind 
what you take and what you leave behind 

between the counterfeit & the mother of all pearls 
just beneath the skin of this tired old weary world  
honey, that kiss of yours that opened up my eyes 
what you take and what you leave behind
                            
Bill Mallonee: electric 6 & electric high string guitars, vocals, harmonica
Jake Bradley: bass guitar
Kevin Heuer: drums

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from AMBER WAVES Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (2012), released November 24, 2012
Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals, harmonica
Jake Bradley: bass guitar
Kevin Heuer: drums

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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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