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TOWN HALL​/​"Good & 'Live" @ the Red Clay Theater (2013)

by Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose

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SOLAR SYSTEM 04:34
2.
FROM DAY ONE 04:46
FROM DAY ONE music/words: bill mallonee It was an empty page and the margins were free at least that’s how you...described it to me and your boots wandered the earth; across the hills and traces and you said that it all knew you...on a first name basis Chorus: And the sky held a sun...and it shown on your heart from day one and the sky was your friend... and the sky will take you back again You knew about the language used by springtime in Missouri when rays warm your face...and the earth she is a-buzzin’ ya’ learned to speak in tongues as your team pulled the rig and it made your hands strong...and it made your heart big Ya’ found a pretty wife and you called her your best friend and you leaned to lose your sadness in the contiurs of her skin You raised you up a family...but they moved on to other things and the sky they never loved it...quite the way you did And the one that held the sun... that shown on your heart from day one and the sky was your friend... and the sky will take you back again It was an empty page and the margins were free at least that’s how you...described it to me and your boots wandered the earth; across the hills and traces and you said that it all loved you...on a first name basis And the sky held the sun...that shown on your heart from day one and the sky was your friend... and the sky will take you back again and the sky will take you back again
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FIGHT SONG 05:01
FIGHT SONG words/music: Bill Mallonee Well they all said....said it couldn’t be done me? Well, I proved ‘em...I proved ‘em all wrong against all the odds...in this stacked up world the sharks in pinstripes...with their pin-up girls Chorus: Oh, Mister, I’m a wonder meet Lightening. Now meet Thunder and when it’s all done...it’s just flashbulbs & champagne there ain’t nothing I couldn’t hurt with some good gloves & footwork 'cept these ghosts...living in my brain I did it with style... I did it with finesse you just tighten the gloves, kid...& let ‘em do the rest ya’ learn to get in quick...don’t let your guard drop You harden your stomach...and you harden your heart yeah, I stunned ‘em in New York...I wowed ‘em in Reno... Met this girl in Havana... and I took her to Rio to play for this crowd...surrounding this ring all hungry for blood...so that’s what I bring.
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Faith (Comes Soaked in Gasoline) words/music: bill mallonee Dunno what you heard before you got here Dunno what you thought you'd see one thing about faith you can be sure of It all comes soaked in gasoline It all comes soaked in gasoline the foreman's car pulls into Hoover-ville He's gotta 100 jobs for 1000 men and 'cause our kids look like skeletons it won't cost him much of any thing and gun toting deputy wears a shiny badge but that kinda justice don't mean a thing one thing about faith, you can be sure of It all comes...soaked in gasoline bridge: they'll douse the camp at midnight so you'd better be up and packed one day something more than fire is gonna fall when that fella strikes the match They say the Savior had nowhere to lay his head and pretty soon neither shall we. one thing about faith you can be sure: well, it all comes soaked in gasoline i dunno what you heard before to got here dunno what you thought you'd see one thing about faith, you can be sure of It all comes...soaked in gasoline It all comes...soaked in gasoline
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RURAL ROUTE 05:22
RURAL ROUTE words/music: bill mallonee I’ve been bringin’ it now for 16 years or more bringin’ right to your front door bringin’ it through the rain, through the sleet and the snow bringin’ it past the windmill, the cows and the corn chorus: I’ve been drivin’ these back roads with all of these doubts rural route you always wear that pretty dress and a smile and you like to comment on the weather and me? Well, me? I smile right back...and I reach in my pack and I hand you your letters chorus I heard you had a son who went off to Iraq a medal and flag is all that you got back heard you had a husband once somewhere in the past you said, “that all got broke and nothing ever lasts.” chorus I’ve seen a lotta of sunrise; I seen a lotta sunsets seen a lotta folks hanging on doing their level best and me? I bring ‘em the good news...and the bad before too long sometimes I just bring ‘em a shoulder to cry on
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Bottoming Out lyrics/music: bill mallonee Guitar player country band too long watin' for the ship to 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 bag & 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 Make 'em believe it was love at first sight Make 'em believe they had the time of their lives (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?
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GHOST WALTZ 04:40
~ GHOST WALTZ ~ WORDS/MUSIC: BILL MALLONEE WELL, THE LAMPS BURN LOW IN THE ROADHOUSE THE DANCERS DRIFT OFF TWO AT A TIME BLUE MOON ON THE SNOW & THE WIND? SHE’S MOANING LOW YOU’D SWEAR YOU THINK SHE’S CRYIN’ I MAY HAVE COME HERE, COME HERE BY ACCIDENT I MAY HAVE COME HERE, COME HERE BY DESIGN COULD I TROUBLE YOU GIRL FOR ONE MORE TWIRL ON THE FLOOR? IF YOU’D BE SO KIND CHORUS: I WILL RAISE A GLASS TO YOU SWEETHEART AND TO EVERYTHING WE EVER WON OR LOST I WILL HOLD YOU CLOSE & STAMMER A TOAST AND STEP TO THIS GHOST WALTZ I HAVE SEEN MANY A GHOST ON THIS DANCE FLOOR ALL LOCKED IN EACH OTHERS EYES & THEY WALTZ TO A TUNE...IN A STAR-LIT ROOM TO HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
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BARSTOOLS & BAGGAGE (DEBTOR'S SOUL) words/music: bill mallonee Now there's the sound of your wounds you keep tryin' ta' keep hid there's the sound your dreams make....hittin' the skids mile marker countdowns and the rooms where we grieve where we all meet for a moment...and try to believe the well of good luck has long given out It's as dry as an East Texas drought string it together, kid, all your bailing wire dreams and those wasted, rusted-out-might-have-beens CHORUS: Barstools and baggage happy hour language hey, look in the mirror Everyone i know has gotta debtor soul.....in here the picture's fallin' out of focus again and that faded backdrop we keep standing in and the morning resolutions you thought would see you through they're all poured out & on the rocks by high noon Fillin' up the spaces with empty lies I'm tryin' not to over romanticize you and me, babe: we can get through this little prayer whispered through a whiskey kiss When guard rail emotions, they won't ever bear the load these guitars sleep in cases after the show 'Tween Heaven and hell and sittin' on the fence I've been haunted by 'em both ever since
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RESPLENDENT words/music: bill mallonee yeah, i remember the dark clouds raining dust for days on end blew all the earth out to California and just left us here with the wind in desperate times you know everybody's part but it's your own lines you're like to forget 'til what you were meets what you've now become grins and says "hey, haven't we met" lost my firstborn that winter and my wife on the first day of spring and so i poured my sweat into the earth yeah to see what that harvest would bring and i remember howling fury just like a plague of locusts egypt's punishment for sins of pride is that now what has come over us how much of this was meant to be how much the work of the devil how far can one man's eyes really see in these days of toil and trouble honey we're all resplendent yeah honey we are all thrift store i'm like a wino with a twenty dollar bill yeah forever and eternally yours i can make you promises if you don't expect too much yes and i will run the distance if you'll please please excuse my crutch how much of this is failing flesh how much the course of retribution my my how loudly we plead our innocence long after we've made our contribution
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RIO GRANDE 04:52
RIO GRANDE words/music: bill mallonee well, this old moonlight has been my friend as long as i can remember when was either poverty or a drug lord's gun Mother Mary, watch o'er your son keep a book of my mother's favorite poems she wrote 'em out longhand as i was going and i'm not sure but i'm willing to bet she said a Rosary for my every step Now, i'm not one to boast. tequila make me...like a ghost so i might swim, so i might stand on the other side of the Rio Grande now, there's a border frozen in my mind i've visited there a million times dreams are devils or your best friends 100 roads north, but only one way in i once a had a dream of Liberty she stood in a harbor & beckoned me and the river's deep and wide they say only man's fear & greed get in the way from DOLOROSA, release date November 2013

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"Town Hall"/Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose
All songs by: Bill Mallonee c BMI
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TOWN HALL was recorded "live" at the Red Clay Theater, Duluth, Ga. in cooperation with Eddie Owen Presents on Jan. 25th, 2013
Bill Mallonee: guitars, harmonica, vocals
Muriah Rose; grand piano, vocals
John Michael Rose; Solo guitar on "Resplemdent"
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House Sound & Recording Engineered by: Shalom Aberle
Editing/Mastering by: Bruce Neher
Photo: Chip Fox/Cover Design: Bill Mallonee

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released September 6, 2013

Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals, harp
Muriah Rose: grand piano, vocals
John Michael Rose: acoustic guitar solo on "Resplendent"

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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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