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WHAT YOU TAKE (and What You Leave Behind)

from HARD​-​SCRABBLE DREAMS​/​WPA 13 by Bill Mallonee

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WHAT YOU TAKE (and What You Leave Behind)
words/music: bill mallonee

Between the clear as day and the wonderfully oblique
'tween the dross in your veins and the treasure you still seek
the span of years that reaches here to the skies
what you take and what you leave behind

between what you've seen and what your lips can tell
between the stuff if the holy and the hard sell
it occurs to you it was just gentle on your mind
what you take and what you leave behind

between the counterfeit and the mother of all pearls
just beneath the skin of this tired old weary world
life and death and shade o either side
what you take and what you leave behind

you try to make the puzzle pieces fit
is there a pattern here or it is all just randomness
and that kiss of yours that opened up me eyes
what you take and what you leave behind

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from HARD​-​SCRABBLE DREAMS​/​WPA 13, track released March 13, 2012
Bill: guitars, vocal, drums

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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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