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YOU'RE A TREASURE NO ONE OPENED So I Asked You For The Key

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

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YOU WERE A TREASURE NO ONE OPENED (SO I ASKED YOU FOR THE KEY)
music/lyrics: bill mallonee

Now the stars, well they hung just like jewels in an old Kentucky sky
I was in need of some renewal, but I could not tell you why
your spirit was strong and serious and deeper than the sea
You were a treasure no one had opened, so I asked you for the key.

There are paths a woman has to take, when it’s time to flee
maybe ghost or two you gotta shake when yer getting yourself free
and all those road maps that they handed you proved faulty to a “T.”
You were a treasure no one had opened, so I asked you for the key.

There’s a light that lingers in a bar. There’s a certain way it falls
and the neon, she just whispers...softly after “last call.”
And just for a golden moment, your eye it did catch mine
and me I knew right there and then we could last a lifetime

Now all the best songs remain unsung if you catch my notion
and a maybe poem that’s a deep as the sea is better left unspoken
Still my lips will try to speak of everything you mean to me
You were a treasure no one had opened, so I asked you for the key

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from HARD​-​SCRABBLE DREAMS​/​WPA 13, track released March 13, 2012
Bill Mallonee: High string & nylon string guitars, vocal, song
Muriah Rose: Piano

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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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