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Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1997

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taken for granted
taken to task
i lost my bearings
i dropped my mask

over the limit
under the curse
got sick on the main course
but here's the dessert

you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can feel the hammer fall after
dad finishes his last work

and i know i'm reeling
life goes so fast
i know i'm bleeding
but it's only a scratch

and all of your maps
are torn and rent
surveyor's findings are of
dubious content

with all that you swallowed
you're starving like before
the entrance to your dream home
looks like a prison door

you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can feel the hammer fall after
dad's ugly work

say that you're dreaming
the third time down fast
and i know i'm bleeding
yes but it's only a scratch

so come all ye weary
ones that languish
come ye disconsolate
and sore distressed

i heard my dad's voice
near the river of pain
near the river of love
they were one and the same

you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can hear the hammer fall after
Dad finishes His best work

and i know i'm reeling
life it goes fast
and i know i'm bleeding
yeah but it's only a scratch

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from Slow Dark Train (1997), released June 3, 1997

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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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