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CHRISTMAS IN BABYLON BOURBON ON BREATH

from CRIER by Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose (A Christmas EP 2012) by Bill Mallonee

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CHRISTMAS IN BABYLON (Bourbon On Breath)
words/music: Bill Mallonee

it's Christmas in Babylon and what have we here?
a planet groaning & driven to tears
we've been hedging our bets and draggin' our feet
but tonight your heart is a train and it's gathering steam

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all these clamoring voices about life & death
we're all bell-ringers in parking lots w/ bourbon on breath
now there's the strains of a hymn & a star in the sky
and Love's showing up hard in a small Baby's cry

even the animals smiled with delight
at the child in the stable all ringed with light
Mary & Joseph, they held Him close
hope of the ages wrapped up in swaddling clothes

now suffering & wonder maybe all that you get
on this side of the veil...lest you forget
life is drifting & falling...and drifting again
maybe you're coming home...to someplace you've never been

and there's a band of angels, they've tuned up and plugged in
awaiting their cue. about to begin
God sends us a gift this time every year
Ah, it's Christmas in Babylon...and what have we here?

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from CRIER by Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose (A Christmas EP 2012), released December 20, 2012
Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals, drum programming

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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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