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This is really an epic album. Lots to ponder. Lots that (hopefully!) bears repeated listening.
(I hope you'll come to love what's here as much as I do.)

So many of the themes & energies that suffuse this 23 song work are distilled & made manifest in this song.
It is always a joy to sing with wife, soul-mate & "sweetheart of the rodeo," Muriah Rose. Her instinctive deliveries and phrasing are impeccable.
Thank you, baby, for years of wisdom & inspiration.

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LEAD ON, KINDLY LIGHT
w&m bill mallonee admin BMI 2018
Like the muddy traces of old Arkansas
I know these symptoms like the back of my hand
One night in your dreams it seems they drag you off to hell
That's when you know you've got it bad

chorus:
For all that glitters...and all that's gold
You're still as cold as ice
For all the vices and the pleas
Springing from a deeper need
Lead on, Kindly Light....Lead on, Kindly Light

I didn't get here over night
it came by slow degrees
like the adagio of Autumn's gentle rain
Coming in in fits & starts
blowing my lines, and forgetting parts
but, the old human heart
is slow to awaken to it's pain

Now, it's true there are some stories
that are better left untold
the ones you whisper to yourself at night
when there's nothing left to reach for
'cause there's nothing left to hold
Lead on, Kindly Light

For all that glitter...and all of that gold
You're still as cold as ice
For all the vices; For all the pleas
Well-springing from your deepest needs
Lead on, Kindly Light....Lead on, Kindly Light

Somehow, you showed up on these shores
a little worse for the wear
sporting a few extra holes
a broken bone here or there
a little less blood
making the rounds
Gee, it's good to see you here ...all safe & sound

credits

from "LEAD ON, KINDLY LIGHT" & "THIS WORLD & ONE MORE" (2020), released February 14, 2020
Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose

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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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