THE LONG GOOD~BYE

from GHOST WALTZ / WPA 15 by Bill Mallonee/WPA

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Recorded on a Zoom 4 track..This song is, more-or-less, about becoming a song-writer. Hence the pay-off line: "Did you choose it...or did it choose you."
The struggle is always to feel that you have something to say and an authentic way of saying it. I've never written with an audience in mind. I just do what I do. That involves a lot of trusting one's instincts. Of course whether the world "hears"what one creates or not is something one "gets over." There are never guarantees in this life.
One just does what one is suppose to do...
Me? I've been fortunate to have a group of listeners whose still listen to music as if it mattered. That's very cool, very humbling...
Enjoy,
bill

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LONG GOOD BYE words/music: bill mallonee

All i remember is that it was easy...easiest thing i ever done
i'd pick you up and the songs...they'd just come

had all these tapes spinning in my head ...far too hard to ignore
but cha always helped me ...string it through one day more

chorus:
Still there's one thing about which
i'll more than likely be confused:
Did you choose this.....or did it choose you?

you were the only the doctor i could rely on ...the only prayer i ever prayed
the only Savior i could count on...to save

a 1000 songs, a million shows
to many, "yeah, kid, that one shoulda gone gold"
after the party died
you were all i could hold

bridge:
Thanks for letting me hold you ......more than real, real tight
i hope you will forgive me dear...for keeping you up late at night

life is cruel and a mystery
you gotta find you a reason to believe
like the ace tucked inside
your sleeve

All i remember is that it was hard
hardest thing i ever done
I'd picked you up...and the songs?
they'd just come...
they'd just come...
yeah, they'd just come...
yeah, they'd just come...

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from GHOST WALTZ / WPA 15, released February 22, 2013
Bill: guitars, bass, drums, vocals

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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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