WIDE AWAKE WITH ORPHAN EYES

from THE POWER & THE GLORY by Bill Mallonee

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Written after my son moved to the great state of Wyoming. A little Whitman, Wordsworth & Muir...

lyrics

WIDE AWAKE WITH YOUR ORPHAN EYES
muisc/lyrics: bill mallonee

Poor kid’s wound...opening up...
under a big sky town
air to breathe.....
space to fall down
yeah, the wind has a voice...
you came to adore
and about that wound?
Well, I’m to blame for...

(Subchorus)
and it costs so much...
It costs so much
to keep it all hid

(chorus)
wide awake with your orphan eyes
blinking wondrous in the Autumn light
that passes right through you
standing by a barbed wire fence
at the scene of the accident
and your skies are cobalt blue
And your skies are cobalt blue

faith, she’s a woman...
and to her I am bound
Honey, I’ll treat you well....
considerin’ what I drag around

It was nearing Christmas...
when you bade it all goodbye
I know those loneliness songs
are gonna need a bigger sky
It’s a far cry from the backyard...
of laughter and cartoons
to winter that glazes everything...
under a mirror ball moon

credits

from THE POWER & THE GLORY, track released 02 October 2011
Bill: guitars, vocals
Muriah Keys, vocals
Bert: bass
Kevin: drums

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Bill Mallonee is an Athens, Ga. Americana artist with 40 plus albums, spanning a 20 year career. He was voted by Paste Music ... more Magazine #65 in their prestigious "Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He fronted the band Vigilantes of Love from 1991-2001. Mallonee (pronounced "Mal-o-knee") has worked with other great artists such as Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, and Peter Buck from REM. less