I PULLED INTO RENO ('CAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE SALT LAKE)

from The Rags of Absence 2017 by Bill Mallonee (Jan. 2017)

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Here's the set up on this song:
It's become one of my "instant favs. Although, I've never driven a rig, as an artist, I've drive all over the heartland and this fine country countless miles on tours; I've also been blessed to have heard many a great story from long haul truck drivers. Rough life. Demanding life, a life of sacrifice...
So many of them, salt of the earth; Very religious types, as well.
And yes, many of them recognize the deep symbology woven into what they do for a living and how it plays out in the personal lives.
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Thanks for "being there," friends. ~ bill mallonee

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I PULLED INTO RENO ('CAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE SALT LAKE)
words & music by bill mallonee
BMI 2016
published by ""Once More, This Time with Feeling" music

Well, I pulled into Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake
too many rice burners on the road
and i swear to God there's deadlines no man could ever make
I pulled int Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake

Well, i left behind your memory, 'cause every sermon needs close
and i left behind my past, 'cause i didn't need the ghosts
Always the last to know and reckon what was real and what was fake
i pulled into Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake

In the day, i drive by Merle & Cash and Jimmie Rogers, too
but, Hank? He'll just break your heart beneath a desert moon
Loneliness becomes a friend you learn to embrace
I pulled int Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake

my eyes are fixed upon these white lines till they pulse inside of me
and when it comes to the human heart? Well, the devil rides for free
the high beams cut the darkness and the moon is a silver blade
i pulled into Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake

Well, you come to terms with all of it and hope for something more
and if that ain't a kind of faith? Well, i'm always falling short
and you there are some deadlines, no man could ever make
I pulled int Reno, 'cause i couldn't make Salt Lake

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from The Rags of Absence 2017, released January 2, 2017
Bill Mallonee: vocals, harmonies, electric & acoustic guitars, lap steel, resonator guitars, high-string guitars, bass, drums, harmonica, loops

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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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