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War Wound (Seeing for the first time)

from WPA​/​Circa ("field" recordings) by Bill Mallonee

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War Wound (Seeing for the First Time) Written by Bill Mallonee BMI 2007
wrote a letter to myself you might call it a way of checkin' in 
love can turn against you and leave you stranded in the wind 
and it's bracing this whole endeavor 
wish you had two dimes to rub together
you take leave of your senses just in time to stagger back to the house 
and you got into a jam and connections well they started going south 
your heart's the purse sure enough 
you play your hand but you'd better learn to bluff
if there are battles to be fought if there were hills i needed to die on 
hey i surrender all 'cause when it's war baby you've already won 
and the treasures you thought would last 
well there's no vault to hold them fast 
take a drink gonna steal a kiss 
honey it's yours without clinched fist
and this diner is a church and the priest he says your order's up 
and you're baptized in the neon and the coffee is your communion cup 
pick up the check and be gone 
the old jukebox is a carillon 
and the dream is what they sell you 
and the risk well there's some things they don't tell you
i am seeing for the first time and darling i hope it ain't my last 
there were roadblocks that i sped through there were signs i just ran right past 
did i show you my war wound dear 
did i tell you the bullet's still there
well all the songs you wrote the bits and pieces and the sullied parts 
didn't they tell you there are no guarantees just the promised breaking of your heart 
and that faith you used to shout 
poor kid what the hell was that about
i am lost beneath a streetlight standing by this naked patch of ground 
and my heart is full of weeds and there is something like barbed wire all around 
and the change is always too spare 
and you vanish into thin air 
here's the bait there's the switch 
you are one failed magic trick

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from WPA​/​Circa ("field" recordings), released June 1, 2007

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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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