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HIGHWAY MAN'S SONG
(HOW THINGS TURNED OUT THIS WAY)
words/music:bill mallonee

i remember there were stars in the sky
looking down on where we lay
i remember i was always wonderin'
how things turned out this way.

there was only so much to go around
that's why people oughta share
now, i got nothing 'ainst the rich man
except when he acts like he don't care

my father leased bit of earth
just to feed his family
he spent almost every hour working
and the rest on his knees
years of toil yielded nothing
whatever we had, for it you had to claw
when we couldn't make the rent
banker came and took it all

broken plows and broken fences
lying in the blowing wind
anger festering beneath a scorching sun
broken women, broken men

i dunno why i went to robbing
clearing out the rich man's vault
i gave it all to the poor man
just a way of ante-ing
some people spoke with flags and banners
some people spoke with a brass band
me? i spoke it with a shotgun
in a language anyone could understand

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from "HEAVEN IN YOUR HEART"​/​WPA 18 2013, released July 4, 2013
Bill: guitars, vocals, harp, song

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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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