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RENO IS A HELL OF A PLACE (TO HAVE YOUR LUCK RUN DRY (a free download this evening)

from MULE by Bill Mallonee & The Big Sky Ramblers (Dec./2016)

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RENO IS A HELL OF A PLACE (To Have Your Luck Run Dry)
words/music: bill mallonee c. 2014 BMI

Well, Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry
flick of the wrist, roll of the dice; it's all gone in the wink of an eye
slipping through your fingers...leaving you to opine
Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

Cracklin of the CB has always brought a smile
breaking up the engine drone o'er many a mile
And it's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" under wide open skies
ah, but Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

Al those maps you studied back home? They were your strongest link;
It's the stories that you learned back home. Their the ones that last
but the stories that you're writing now? They're done with invisible ink
and yes, there are some that you'd erase with a long & heavy sigh
and Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

Bridge
Now every man's a prayin' man
on the open road
When the engine sounds like an angel choir
I listen with my soul

now they say Life is the perfect thief committing perfect crimes
she takes it from you slowly, the nickel & the dime
I've got high beams on mile markers and your memory at my side
Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

And with a log book full of questions, and answers in short supply
Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

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from MULE, released November 18, 2016
Bill Mallonee: song, vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, drums, bass, harmonica

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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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