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NORTHERN LIGHTS & SOUTHERN CROSS

from LANDS & PEOPLES (2015) by Bill Mallonee

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"Where the veil gets thin is where the veil gets real
So touching the heavens is no big deal
A glance at the stars is all it'll cost
Northern Lights & Southern Cross..."

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NORTHERN LIGHTS & SOUTHERN CROSS
words/music: bill mallonee (admin BMI 2015)

This town has a way of choosing it's words
with a sonorous tone in it's voice
This town has a way of taking you down
making it look like your own choice

So, I hitched a few rides from Georgia out west
spent a week in New Orleans
Sometimes distractions are what serve you best
when you're coming a part at the seams

Chorus:
Where the veil gets thin is where the veil gets real
So touching the heavens is no big deal
A glance at the stars is all it'll cost
Northern Lights & Southern Cross
Northern Lights & Southern Cross

Now, there are ghosts from the past making the rounds
There are ghosts at the table of the here and now
And these walls have ears when ya' walk in the room
So, it's good to know to who did what to whom

Now you can dig in the desert; you can dig in the sea
You can dig on the mountains on high
I know this much: It's where no shovel can touch
that's where the real gold lies

This town has a way of changing it's skin
This town is a killer but no blame is ever pinned
Time hides herself at the scene of the crime
The rain washes away...every chalk line

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from LANDS & PEOPLES (2015), released May 1, 2015
Bill Mallonee: vocals, acoustic, electric, resonator & high-string guitars, basses, drums, harmonies

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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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