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BEFORE THE DARKNESS SETTLES IN

from FOREST FULL OF WOLVES (2018) by Bill Mallonee

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"If the shoe fits.."

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BEFORE THE DARKNESS SETTLES IN w&m: bill mallonee
You can tell by the way...the light behaves
Winter? She'll come early this year
Start chopping that wood before the snows descend
Before the darkness settles in

It's all a slippery handsake deal at best
when you try to stake a claim upon this land
If the Rio keeps her promise there could be a gathering in
before the darkness settles in

there'll be trials & tribulations you gotta reckon with
but most of those are usually within
You try not to think of what got lost & all that might have been
before the darkness settles in...

Now, the milk of human kindness is curdled to the bone
And the Autumn light is paler than I've ever known
pull on your heavy coat before the storms descend
before the darkness settles in

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from FOREST FULL OF WOLVES (2018), released January 27, 2018
Bill Mallonee & The Big Sky Ramblers

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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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