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Works (in) Progress Administration Vol. 6: Rural Route (released Dec. 2009)

by Bill Mallonee/WPA

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Rural Route 05:16
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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TRYING TO FIND THE GOOD SIDE OF THE BAD SIDE AGAIN. words & muisc: bill mallonee i wrote this with your own pen... all gold-plated and official. and right there inscribed on the barrel were your own 3 intials The Ink? It became a river so i jumped into swim now, i'm trying to find the good side of the bad side again You said it's yor's for the keeping do whatever you will use it for good and not for ill I've been bringing it now for 15 years knockin' on your door of tears The River's run with blood and the undertows they spin now, i'm trying to find the good side of the bad side again For the poor in spirit who can't seem to get back for all the unheard voices falling through the cracks cries that get all drowned out by the wind and the rain funny how they all show up here again Now, when the goose-step of progress stops and the strings, they all come in... And i'm trying to find the good side of the bad side again trying to find the good side of the bad side again...

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The title track is one of the best songs I've ever penned...

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released December 22, 2009

Bill Mallonee: all instruments

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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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