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Oh, the transcendent joy that must have flooded the Corps of Discovery as the journeyed West and open the story...

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LEWIS & CLARK words/music: bill mallonee
Felt like Lewis & Clark...crossing through a gateway
into a poem...there were no words to as of yet
you rub your eyes in wonder...and your heart is torn asunder
like a woman...who you never will forget

Felt like the Great Wallenda in the wind but never blinking
that lonely sinking feeling when you're wonderin' if lady luck is gonna show
the light? she throws in sharp relief...the real nature of your belief
and all the things you could never really keep

It's all caught in the freeze frame for awhile
and you're hoping she will turn to you & smile

What did you feel Chief Joseph? bending bravely but not broken
the fear you never spoke of that your people were not safe
from the rifles & the cannons & words as useless as rust
of men bearing flags and sermons with spirits you could never trust.

It's all caught in the freeze frame for awhile
and you're hoping she will turn to you & smile
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from FOREST FULL OF WOLVES (2018), released January 27, 2018

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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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