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TRADED COLORADO​/​4am

from GHOST WALTZ / WPA 15 by Bill Mallonee/WPA

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One of those delightfully auto-biographical, obtuse and wonderfully true songs...

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TRADED COLORADO
words/music: bill mallonee

Every stranger is a brother....trains slam into one another
the snow and ice make one long run for the river

all the things that once burned brightly...you hold them a little more lightly
gettin' by these days...on whatever delivers
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Tomorrow's n'er a question...at today's intersection
where regret and history...embrace & shake hands

they exchange their pleasantries...well, that's just how it is with old friends
who remember to remind you just where you stand
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chorus:
If i could see your face
and walk the streets of Nazareth
to get that Julian sense "that all shall be most well."

We've traded gold of Colorado
for the cold change of Chicago
were the tweed blues & green bullets weave their spell
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And it's all gathered in bouquets...the scent of roses holding sway
I have never known a love like you my love!

A whistle stop ahead of gloom...a Bible and a motel room
just one more kiss and that should be enough
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there's is moonlight like a blade....there are stones to be rolled away
there is but one last say...forever and for all

and you may walk home alone...pondering what you've been shown
after that...there's just the final curtain call
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Just who do you think you are...with that beat up old guitar?
wishing upon stars with a heart broke 100 times?

honey, i don't mind a bit....baby, if it's a suit that fits
you learn to stand tall whether rain or shine

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from GHOST WALTZ / WPA 15, released February 22, 2013
Bill Mallonee: song, guitars, vocals, accordian

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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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