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A very personal song. The lap steel and lead guitar have a "conversation" on the outro. Still, a bit of a "lump-in-the-throat moment" for me...
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~ b

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JENNY LAKE (NO SHAME IN ANYTHING) words/music: bill mallonee
you're heading back to the mountains
i heard winter had made her opening remarks
seems like you might be counting on
some whispers from Jenny Lake in park

i know just how suddenly things...can dawn on you
in an unexpected way
so much for knowing our own skin
so much for the signposts on the way

CHORUS:
If i could tell you one thing........before the house of cards comes down
there's no shame in anything........should you decide to turn around

Life's a kind of game where you learn to keep your cards
real close to your chest
you try to follow your good heart
but hearts are such a shaky thing at best

CHORUS 2
Nothing and i mean nothing is ever really lost
there's no shame in anything...should you decide to call it off

you know i'm always here
should that lake never speak her mind
you know i'm always here for you
but words, like gold, is sometimes hard to find

If i could tell you one thing........before the house of cards comes down
there's no shame in anything........should you decide to turn around

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from The Rags of Absence 2017, released January 2, 2017

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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.
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