HIGH​~​BEAM (acoustic demo)

from BLUE CHIP BLUE by Bill Mallonee

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HIGH~BEAM (TO WATCH IT FALL A PART)
words/music: bill mallonee

If ya' care to listen, ah but even if you don't
i got over needing you a long time ago
took great pains to know you...gave you all my best
i was living to make you smile...and dying to impress

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But, all this being born all these rose & thorns
and the confusing parts
Well, i cobbled a life together with them...
just to watch it fall a part

Well, i took it to the road; these skeleton dreams
wrapped 'em in an old suit, railroads & high~beams
the pen? it never went dry; the guitar? she could always woo
till my soul was the color of box car rust & my heart was big sky blue

whatever is heavy as hell is what you shouldn't carry
wrote my prayers and S.O.S. on the bar stationary
from where i stumbled last night; staggerin' right back to the start
what you learn comes the hard way; and softly breaks your heart

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from BLUE CHIP BLUE, track released December 3, 2015
Bill Mallonee: acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, vocals

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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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