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Sad Parade Year: 2007 | Run Time: 5:38

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI)

far too much to explain
rain falling on the sad parade
and time is swinging like a willow
the strain of what's just out of reach
those stains of coronation speech
are sleeping on a velvet pillow

the card lay in your vest you pocketed the best
we all vanish less impressed in the end we always lose
you're the man with many hats you traded this for that
yeah but only unequivocally when you had to

he's a face that's just a prayer away it's true
he's the traveler in the sad parade with you
you could think you're long over past due
but you're wrong yeah you're wrong you're spot on

sure there were mines to be stripped
talk about a perfect fit
and diamonds are hard to find and follow
behind the doors of dark romance
the medicine of the last chance
and bitter pills are hard to swallow

the river boats don't change
clientele is never tame
these lives they're falling like the leaves of late autumn
they clutch their truth like drink
trigger fingers never blink
and their eyes? Always revising & speaking volumes

yeah and i am sitting in this room
on every hill there is a fool
and my conscience it's an unglued hadow
of a hangman that i haven't met
a lovely uniformed cadet
those killing fields never lying fallow

and if i lose this skin
and gain a heart of wisdom
i would carve it deep into this flesh of clay and mud
this room is growing dimmer
should i fix myself some dinner?
surely it's all got to be more than sugar in the blood

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from IN THE NEW DARK AGE /13 SEEDS OF HOPE & OTHER PERISHABLES (2016), released January 6, 2016
Bill Mallonee; Guitars, vocals, snare drum
Muriah Rose: Piano, Mellotron, vocals
All string arrangements Muriah Rose

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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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