RENO IS A HELL OF A PLACE (To Have Your Luck Run Dry)

from BLUE CHIP BLUE by Bill Mallonee

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RENO IS A HELL OF A PLACE words/music: bill mallonee

Well, Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry
all the things you bank on vanish...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 a 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

It's the stories that you learned back home. Their the ones that last
but the stories that you're writing now, well, they all go nowhere fast
and yes, there are some that you'd erase with a deep & heavy sigh
and Reno is a hell of a place to have your luck run dry

now life, she is the perfect thief committing perfect crimes
takes it from you slowly, the nickel & the dime
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 BLUE CHIP BLUE, track released December 3, 2015
Bill Mallonee: song, vocals, acoustic & electric 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.
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