THAT HANDBILL THAT PROMISED ALL (mix 3/un-mastered)

from NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST ABOVE BELOW & WITHIN EP (Sept 2017) by Bill Mallonee

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I'll be adding a few more new ones, so I'll repost; And of course Community Online members will receive these for free!
This batch of new songs are sounding great already.
They are waiting a remix of two & mastering...
...but here's the "raw data." ~ bill

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THAT HANDBILL THAT PROMISED ALL w&m: bill mallonee
We were standing in a rail yard way back East
It was one of those crisp, Autumn New York City morns
The foreman handed us all our release
he said "your services are no longer needed..."

chorus:
Then the light...it did fall
on that handbill...that promised all

"Chance of a lifetime," is what it read
there's new land to be cleared, farmed & ruled
Oklahoma territory homestead
Everybody starts with 40 acres & a mule

Let's just say the crops did not abound
That first winter? She come a-screamin'
I dug a hole like a grave out of the ground
for the wife & kids & I to live in

There's no preacher out here in these parts
so i turn some verses over on my tongue
just to try and keep my soul from hell
As i curse this barren land from here to kingdom come

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from NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST ABOVE BELOW & WITHIN EP (Sept 2017), released September 12, 2017
Bill Mallonee: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, baritone guitar, resonator guitar, bass, 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. ... more

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