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BAKERSFIELD
words & music: bill mallonee

You crawled into that boxcar...thinkin' you were alone
let your eyes get adjusted to the light...and those fifty other souls
some runnin' from the law...some runnin' harder from the Lord
most just lookin' for an honest job...to feed the kids back home

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from the drought in Oklahoma...to the stockyards of Bakersfield
it's mostly bread we begged for...with some sawdust in our meals
the only gold i ever found...the only treasure i could find
was looking in your eyes...your body next to mine

how much of this is punishment? how much are our own choosin'?
how much got set in motion....when the garden fell to ruins?
would you be my brother and sister? we all could use a home
the pride of man may stand real tall but no one goes at this alone

There's so little we walk out with...and there's so much that gets lost
seems to me it's pretty easy to see...where all cut from the same cloth
you crawled into that boxcar...thinkin' yer alone
let your eyes rest with a hallowed-ness on all those other souls

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from "BEATITUDE" Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (Summer 2013), released June 7, 2013
bill mallonee: acoustic guitars, vocals
muriah rose; piano, voices
jake bradly: electric guitar, double bass
bill pratt: pedal steel

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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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