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NAME IT'S NAME words and music: bill mallonee

well, i smelled the sage all in your hair
before i saw the light in your eyes
and my heart? It was a desert, dear
beneath your cloud burst skies

Of course that desert, she did bloom
after such holy rain
and the waste places, they were all renewed
but the flowers were all stained

I don’t know why these things fall out
so far from the rules
I don’t know how these stars line up
but sometimes they just do

Now hearts were made for Heaven above
But we’re full of ache and hurt
yeah, hearts were made for heaven, my love
but our skin is made of earth

One day I’ll be your answer, dear
after I walk off this curse
One day I’ll be your answer clear
but I’ll be your question first

Could be the way the light hits the trees
and loneliness collides
with Time that’s mingled on those leaves
of the pages of our lives




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Ah, but on to something better, kid!
Past those places you should flee
past all those prisons we fashioned
and those chains for jewelry

On to something so elusive still
and plainly hard to tame
so much so that poets and theologians
can barely name it’s name

Now hating yourself and all you are
it don’t get much sadder than that
And I say you break God’s own heart
when you fall into that trap

On to something so elusive still
and plainly hard to tame
so much so that poets and theologians
can barely name it’s name

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from WPA Vol. 5 "CABIN SONGS" (released Oct. 2009), track released October 1, 2009
Bill Mallonee: vocals, guitars, drums, bass, harmonica

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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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