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The "saint/criminal/prophet theme revisited...
...a little "spooky, I guess...
...with big guitars.
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bill

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COVERING GROUND music/lyrics: bill mallonee
It's best to shut your mouth, if you've nothing to confess
after all the dust settles, clarity manifests
i do my best work after the daylight fades
shoot out the lights, if you must, and make your get-away
Covering ground...

you saw it all as justice...you saw it all as choice
a balance not yet rendered...but one needing a voice
to speak from the fringes...for those outside the gate
to those who all they ever heard was "just be nice and wait"
Covering ground...

you caught sight of the prize and your spirit it did claim
from the time your heartbeat, it was running in your veins
the cries of the forgotten in your ears did pulse
oh, to be so young; oh, to be so cursed
Covering ground...

tonight my fingers stroke the tumbler and the dice are in my hands
numbers in motion? Now, there's a language i understand
i bestow on the poor what the rich man took by strife
Some? they call me Judas; some they call me Christ
Covering ground...

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from The Rags of Absence 2017, released January 2, 2017
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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