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RURAL ROUTE
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I’ve been bringin’ it now for 16 years or more
I've been bringin’ it right to your front door
I've been bringin’ it through the rain; the sleet and the snow
past the old windmill, the cows and the corn

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I’ve been drivin’ these back roads
with all of these doubts.....rural route

you always wear that pretty dress and a smile
and you like to comment on the weather
and me? Well, me? I smile right back...and I reach in my pack
and I hand you your letters

I heard you had a son who went off to Iraq
a medal and flag is all that you got back
heard you had a husband once somewhere in the past
you said, “that all got broke and nothing ever lasts.”

I’ve seen a lotta of sunrises; and a lotta sunsets
seen a lotta folks holding on and doing their level best
and me? I bring ‘em the good news...and the bad before too long
sometimes I just bring ‘em the shoulder to cry on

credits

from "BEATITUDE" Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (Summer 2013), released June 7, 2013
Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals
Muriah Rose: piano, vocals
Jake Bradley: bass, electric guitar

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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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