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Your Bright Future

from Perfumed Letter (2004) by Bill Mallonee

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Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©2000

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there's this little piece of you
i may never see again
there's a bigger piece of me
that's simply vanishing

there's a little scrap of memory
sleeping next to your truth
it's all curled around your body
and i cannot shake it loose

you park your van you feel again
you scratch your skin pick up your pen

i am afraid what did i pay
to stand up here and play the fool
i'm losing myself and i know i'm losing you

something you'll remember
something you once knew
why bring it all up to the light
except when it's killing you

a bridge to build an act of will
some time to kill a soul to fill

your bright future stares me down
you'll bury all you lose
your winter sun she breaks upon
those skies of cobalt blue

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from Perfumed Letter (2004), released January 1, 2004

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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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