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FROM DALHART TO BOISE CITY words/music: bill mallonee

from Dalhart to Boise City
from Cimarron county east
ain't never seen anything like it
......ah, to say the least
ah, to say the least
(back to head)

busting sod and growing wheat
in the good years of the boom
when you can't build a fine house to live in
well a hole will have to do
we made the earth our plunder
turned under every blade of grass
we drove our plows into her heart
till she sighed and breathed her last

chorus:
i'll hold my breath for benevolence
ah, but i'll expect the worse
now we all just shade our eyes and search the skies
waiting for the cloudburst

dark clouds of God's electric wrath
blot out every ray of sun
you could say we had it coming
well, you might not be wrong
and me? well, i left the table long ago
where you bet on God or devil
we all just wear faces of the curse
just to be on the level

chorus:
i'll hold my breath for benevolence
ah, but i'll expect the worse
now we all just shade our eyes and search the skies
waiting for the cloudburst

some of us were greedy
some of us were meek
But no matter what skin you maybe livin' in
we all bow to grief
from Dalhart to Boise City
from Cimarron county east
ain't never seen anything like it
......ah, to say the least
ah, to say the least
ah, to say the least

credits

from WANDERLUST​/​WPA 16, released March 21, 2013
Bill: guitars, vocals, harp
Muriah Rose: Wurlitzer 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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