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IF YOU PRAY YOU'D BETTER CRY, CRY, CRY

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

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A "Drifter's Song." (Aren't we all?}
Circa? Oh, Let's say the1930's maybe...
Lots of guitars talking on this one...
Enjoy,
bill

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IF YOU PRAY (YOU'D BETTER CRY, CRY, CRY)
words/music: bill mallonee
Abilene, why do I...curry no favor with thee?
and Durango? you're no friend to side show freaks...

And so, California was the place...where my heart was hardened
where they burn the crops on the docks in sight of the starving

Here comes the part...where you start all over again
no, no,you cannot change that now
anyhow...anyway...just try and make it through another day

You smile in the rain
everything re-arranges right before your eyes
and when you pray?
you gotta cry, cry, cry

Now dumb luck? Well it's always been....a top-shelf taste
closest thing possibly.....to amazing grace

You said: "love is more than a shot in the dark," as you drew up a chair
Honey, I'd fold these cards and follow you anywhere

Here comes the part...where you start all over again
no, no you cannot change that now
anyhow, the goal so they say, is to make it through another day

You smile in the rain
everything re-arranges right before your eyes
and when you pray?
you gotta cry, cry, cry

credits

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
Muriah Rose: Harmony 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. ... more

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