The Last Word

from Works (in) Progress Administration Vol. 1 by Bill Mallonee

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lyrics

Hey, where you’d get that wound babe?
Honey, where you’d get that scar? where’d you get bad break?
the one inside your heart

are you looking for a good way...
to begin again?
Don’t you know it is an act of faith...to be your own best friend?

But we all hide behind these phrases
still aching to be heard
but one day love...she will get the last word

you’d best not speak that name ‘round here
lest you wanna draw the heat
and I could see you were a travelin’ man
with those holes in your feet

Was it declarations...of love?
Was it lamentations?...Was it none of the above?
But we all hide behind these phrases still aching to be heard but one day love...she will get the last word

and the moonlight splinters wildly
and aren’t we like broken glass?
And the paths’ become a red rose
and the future floods the past

time to let go of the heartache
time to open that clinched fist
time to open up your arms wide
this is no Judas kiss
But if I hide behind these phrases I’m still aching to be heard but one day love...she will get the last word

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from Works (in) Progress Administration Vol. 1, released October 1, 2008

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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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