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WHEN A MAN OF WORDS RUNS OUTTA THINGS TO SAY

from SONGS FOR THE JOURNEY & BEYOND​/​WPA 12 by Bill Mallonee/WPA

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MAN OF WORDS (RUNS OUTTA THINGS TO SAY) words/music: bill mallonee

Blinded by the bright lights
dazzled by the babes
and fames has got a price tag
and the piper must be paid

Power, is a funny girl
we spent some nights along the way
and pride's a master of disguise
she answer's to many names

chorus:
And songs were just a way for me
to keep one foot from the grave
so it's frightenin' when a man of words
runs outta things to say

what's done is done and come & gone
and the ghosts of the past
bellied up round to see your future
at the bottom of a glass

and the engine, she is seizing
pistons firing wrong
if mercy is a spotlight
for God's sake, turn it on

now the clock is still ticking
and i haven't slept at all
just this reoccurring dream
about walkin' down an empty hall
and every door i try is locked
but then i realize
i've gone and locked 'em all myself
and that...from the inside.

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from SONGS FOR THE JOURNEY & BEYOND​/​WPA 12, track released January 1, 2012
music/lyrics: bill mallonee
all instruments: bill mallonee

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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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