Name: Is That Too Much To Ask
Duration: P00H04M34S
Description: Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©2005

Is That Too Much To Ask

from Friendly Fire (produced by John Keane & Bill Mallonee) 2005 by Bill Mallonee

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can't get it back can't get it back
all you lack stares you in the face
can't get it back I lost all the star maps
and there was too much static in this place

send up a prayer rarefied air
regret is a friend you make when you are young
any side of anywhere one way ticket to nowhere
it all seemed so over before it had begun

oh could I start with a brand new heart?
the one I wrecked was never gonna last
is that too much to ask?

God bless Job for waiting it out
when everything he had was stripped
when faith's all gone and all my good intentions were good and wrong
but a thundercloud voice might do the trick

and all those summer sunsets
and autumn colors and smells
and those proud Easter trumpets
and those Christmas bells

if I could gather every nuance
the loose threads and the bits
I'd paint them on your lips girl
and drown in the kiss

oh could we start with some brand new hearts?
since the ones we wrecked were never gonna last
is that too much to ask?

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from Friendly Fire (produced by John Keane & Bill Mallonee) 2005, released January 1, 2005

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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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