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Plowshares Into Swords words & music bill mallonee BMI 2008
1. Now the drums? They are pounding and the sabres they're a rattling
flags are running up the poles
lotta prayers gettin' prayed
Brass sections getting' their say
A lotta noise to be made when they beat plowshares into swords.
when they beat plowshares into swords.
2. They're splitin' into to factions and their knee-jerk reactions
all these generals sittin' 'round gettin' bored
how does a single drop of blood turn into a flood?
I guess black magic happens when they beat plowshares into swords
When they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords.

3. You can't estimate the costs. You can't get back what got lost
There ain't no point in really keeping score
nothing new up on the table since Cain took out Abel
repercussions? they just happen when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords.

Bridge: Now babe, the sky is blue
and i 'd love to dream a dream with you
forever & a day it's you I would adore
but, it seems like there's always one man
whose got some kind of other plan
they keep you in step and march you off to war

4. Now, we're all waiting for the shoe to drop
they're all smiling for the photo-ops|
but the boxes on the runway tell the score
drums keep on a-pounding
grace? it keeps drowning
lotta of shit just happens when they beat plowshares into swords
when they beat plowshares into swords.

5. and the tears fall like rain; there's no medicine of such pain
darkness laughs and wins again when they beat plowshares into swords.

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from Works (in) Progress Administration Volume 2, released January 20, 2009
Bill: song, 6 string steel guitar, nylon string guitar, vox.
Muriah Rose: accordion

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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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