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STRAND OF STARS (all Woven in Your Hair) words/music: bill mallonee

It all rolled in here...after the flood
brought in the drifters...brought in the drugs
brought in the dirt...left with the pure
brought in the hunger...without a cure
CHORUS:
I thought I saw...
a strand of stars
all woven in your hair
I’m sure all I did was stare
I’m sure all I did was stare

everyone groaning...for some relief
everyone sighing...in disbelief
a song of sadness...with a bridge of decay
One with a long slow...grandiose fade

brought in the dealers...brought in the fakers
brought in the greedy...promise breakers
then came the paper...the pen and the ink
then came the lawyers...and all that fine print

I need you near...I need you close
so the face in mirror...is less of a ghost
Bring on the healing...seal the escapes
open a vein...on magnetic tape
(Alt-verse left out)
perilous times...too short a rope
to reach the shoreline...of tenuous hope
too deep the darkness...riotous weather
faith all fractured...cobbled together

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from FOOTNOTES FOR DEPARTURE​/​WPA 19 (WPA Compilation volume 2) by Bill Mallonee & Muriah Rose 2016, released January 28, 2016
Bill: all guitars, vocals, drums

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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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