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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

credits

from TOWN HALL​/​"Good & 'Live" @ the Red Clay Theater (2013), released September 6, 2013
Bill: guitars, vocals, harp
Muriah: piano

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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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