IT WORKS FOR SOME (BUT NOT EVERYONE)

from TRAVELIN' LIGHT (Online Community Exclusive! New 7 song EP) by Bill Mallonee

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Hand me down that old guitar
You know the one with all the stories
Those tales from by-gone days
the scandals & the glories

the tired & weary hoping for
just a little place in the sun
yeah, it worked for some,
but not for everyone
yeah, it worked for some,
but not for everyone

hand me down that old guitar
full of the dusty paths they trod
the one full of tender prayers
that cast upon their God

Treaties broken and strange fruit
hangin' in the sun
It all worked for some,
but not for everyone
maybe Life & Love & Liberty
are always on the run
It all works for some,
but not for everyone
It all works for some,
but not for everyone

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from TRAVELIN' LIGHT (Online Community Exclusive! New 7 song EP), released June 29, 2019

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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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