BETHLEHEM STAR (6.5.19 mix 1)

from "LEAD ON, KINDLY LIGHT" & "THIS WORLD & ONE MORE" (2020) by Bill Mallonee

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I love how this song evolved. Lyrics written pretty much off-the-cuff;
The "band's" outro?
Nice & epic...

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BETHLEHEM STAR w&m: bill mallonee c.BMI 2018
I've been looking for you since my days began
with every breath I take the Autumn is settin' in
Listening for that sound beneath your skin
the one that pegs your hearts VU time and again

You show up with the words from somewhere else
but forget what to say
I had my script for the scene, but i threw it all away.
I've been chasing you, elusive though you are
I 've been chasing you like Bethlehem Star

There were songs inside this old guitar
just like a book of prayers
and some Love to bring me there
We were beggars for bread; we were moths to the flame
In the bar-room temples singing songs in the halls of shame

You show up with the words from somewhere else
but forget what to say
I had my script for the scene, but I lost it on the way.
I've been chasing you, elusive though you are
I've been chasing you like Bethlehem Star

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from "LEAD ON, KINDLY LIGHT" & "THIS WORLD & ONE MORE" (2020), released February 14, 2020
Bill Mallonee

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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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