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BAKERSFIELD (The Power & The Glory Sessions)

from HARD​-​SCRABBLE DREAMS​/​WPA 13 by Bill Mallonee

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BAKERSFIELD music/lyrics: bill mallonee

You crawled into that boxcar...thinkin' you were alone
let your eyes got adjusted to the light...and those 50 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

Chorus:
from the drought in Oklahoma...to the stockyards of Bakersfield
it's mostly bread you begged for...and some sawdust in your meal
the only gold i ever found...the only treasure i did find
was looking in your eyes...your body next to mine

how much of this is punishment? how much are ya' 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...ah, 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
so you crawl into that boxcar...thinkin' yer alone
let your eyes rest with a hallowed-ness...on all those other souls

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from HARD​-​SCRABBLE DREAMS​/​WPA 13, track released March 13, 2012
Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals, song
Muriah Rose: piano, vocals

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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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