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Live at Music Star

by Stephen Simmons & Molly Jewell

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1.
You 04:08
You By: Molly Jewell Stay with me, my love, won’t you please? You are all that can put me at ease. Hold me close, nearer than near, and I’ll put my cheek to your ear. Once I hear the sound of your voice the whole world is just other noise, so take my heart and soul in your hands, ‘cause all I want is you. You… Steal my breath from morning to night, and over and over again. Lay me down to sleep. Come with me while I dream of you. Once I hear the sound of your voice the whole world is just other noise, so take my heart and soul in your hands, ‘cause all I want is you. Oh, you… Promise me you’re forever mine ‘cause I was made for you. You lift me up, love me so, and wash away all the blue. Oh blue… Once I hear the sound of your voice the whole world is just other noise, so take my heart and soul in your hands, ‘cause all I want is you. You…
2.
It’s Not That Bad By: Molly Jewell You would think you’d have a drink and just get over it, but truth be told, as you get old, you just fall more underneath. And, chances are, you’d be a star still hoping for fame and fortune even though you rake it in and we’re all kissing your feet. You need to take my advice and just start living your life because you really don’t have time to complain. ‘Cause it’s not, it’s not that bad and you shouldn’t be so sad. So take a shot at not being critical, step outside and give the world a break ‘cause it’s not, it’s not that bad anyway. I’ve bailed you out, I’ve picked you up, but you still carry on. You roll around, you bottle up, but baby, nothing is wrong. You need to take my advice and just start living your life because you really don’t have time to complain. ‘Cause it’s not, it’s not that bad and you shouldn’t be so sad. So take a shot at not being critical, step outside and give the world a break ‘cause it’s not, it’s not that bad anyway.
3.
Spark 03:18
SPARK     On a 747 with Halifax beneath Spilling into the Atlantic Sea Heading into Dublin, thinking bout a girl and wondering Yeah wondering what she means to me   I’ve been on a bus, in a van, on a plane Till the view all looks the same I’ve been the stranger in town, the one they talk about And seen the marquee with my name   Chorus: I’ve been looking for a spark I’ve been looking for passion I've been looking for truth I’ve been looking for a selfless love I’ve been looking for me Maybe I’m looking for you   It’s the way that the evening sky touches sea Yet so much lies in between It’s the way she calls my name, it’s the sound of midnight rain When she’s sleeping next to me   I’ve sacrificed love seen it die in vein Felt my heart give way to pride and shame But I won’t sacrifice the truth, not even for my muse Let alone for minor fame   Chorus   Maybe a song can heal a soul Like prayers don’t know where they come from or they go Lilting lullabyes under the cover of night Long ago I heard someone say Seek yourself and you’ll be on your way But sometimes that’s just like trying to making lightning strike  Words and music by Stephen Simmons ©copyright secured all rights reserved Shiny Geode Music, SESAC  
4.
JUST WHAT I GOT I gotta van been across this land Been all across this country Gotta girl who rocks my world But she no longer loves me   I get a buzz sometimes just cuz I drink too much bourbon 'fore bed Cause I'm scared a creepy nightmares Rather be hungover instead   Chorus: And I don’t know when I’m gonna figure it out Just what I got in this world for sure And I guess nobody is without doubt But just for once I want something pure   I get a goose runnin wild and loose Runnin all over my grave at the thought Her looking so cold as she turned to go And me with my stomach in knots   I gotta scar proves the ground is hard On the side of my head I gotta scar proves the beat of my heart Runnin across my chest   Chorus   They say all you got in this world is what you came with And it’s all you gonna take a when you go So what about all a these things that I got now I’ll shed ‘em if it’s true what we’re told Or are they gonna stick to my soul?   Chorus   I gotta van been across this land Been all across this country Gotta girl who rocks my world But she no longer loves me   words and music by Stephen Simmons Shiny Geode Music / SESAC all rights reserved / copyright secured
5.
LIMAVADY BLUES In a Limavady Hotel Banging my head against the wall And no one but these same ole blues That I got left to call I woke up this morning In the wrong hotel room Don't know what I did to lose you must've been Something I've yet to do Chorus: And I said “Oh you're gonna be the one that breaks me” And she said “No, I'll only love you long as you're wild and free” And she said “Oh, you could be the one that saves me” And I said “No, I can't save you from what you want to be” I feel asleep in Dublin woke up in Frankfurt Dreamed of you and home I found the Little House of the Devil Hoping to ease my troubled soul But I never found any answers Just questions more and more As my own words returned to haunt me to prove that I'm No better than I was before Chorus Put the wheels in the wind Towards you and the coast But California's shaking like a lost child Each time that I turn to go No matter how fast I'm traveling Or how far I roam When I wash my face in the morning the same ole blues Are the first to say “hello” Chorus words and music by Stephen Simmons Shiny Geode Music / SESAC all rights reserved / copyright secured
6.
Shine 05:02
SHINE     I was just a stone in the bottom of the river that caught your eye The way the light cast on me But I don’t really glow it’s just the ripples and the waves of the water And the way the light shone on me   Chorus: So why should I be surprised That my shine had caught your eye But I knew that you would put me down in time When I no longer shined   I was just a round old geode that someone cracked open In some Grandma’s flower garden And my jagged angles glowed in the sunlight among the tulips Just fools gold for children   Chorus   Oh it seems to take a lifetime to achieve perfection In your maker’s eyes But it only takes an instant to lose the attention Or the sparkle in a young beholder’s eyes When you no longer shine   I was just a singer in a bar with a beat up guitar And a sack full of songs at my show And I caught your eye and I suppose you had a fancy For things under lights that seemed to glow   Chorus   Words and music by Stephen Simmons Shiny Geode Music / SESAC ©copyright secured all rights reserved
7.
Poor Happy People By: Molly Jewell You look like someone I could love. You look like someone who could hurt me, too. Looks like a reason for a shot. There’s nobody who could stop me here, nobody who… You look like someone I could get used to. You look like someone who could use me, too. Looks like we’re up against the odds. There’s nobody who could stop me here, nobody who… Whoever said we should know better has probably never had the faith to look for something more. We’ll fall in love with how we’re doing it all wrong while they just get along, those poor happy people. There’s a light in your eyes, but I know it’s not love if it don’t make me cry. Here’s your chance to seal the deal. Oooo make it real, ooo… Whoever said we should know better has probably never had the faith to look for something more. We’ll fall in love with how we’re doing it all wrong while they just get along, those poor happy people. And it’ll hurt so bad when it’s over, but hurt’s better than going nowhere. So, whoever said we should know better has probably never had the faith to look for something more. We’ll fall in love with how we’re doing it all wrong while they just get along… While we get high from being side by side, wasting time staying up all night. I’m saying “oh what a world it is being your girl…” while they just get along. They keep getting along. Those poor, happy people.
8.
NEW SCRATCHES I know you never thought I’d really hang around I know you never thought I’d actually tough things out I know there’s something out there for everyman Something, somewhere if you could just give it half a chance Chorus: But things change so much When you’re living at breakneck speed And I’ve changed so much But I don’t wanna lose track of me I know I ain’t exactly full of romance But I might surprise you honey if you give me half a chance I don’t know why you try to test me so much I guess you wanna prove you don’t really believe in love Chorus You get me going one way then you turn and head back Get mad if I fall behind, mad if I stay on your tracks Good times slip through cracks out on a one-way street And brand new scratches sting a bare heart that’s just trying to beat Chorus Tonight my heart has got Brand new scratches baby And you must think New scratches look good on me
9.
I’LL BE YOUR JOHNNY CASH I was minding my own business A Southern boy in a Midwest town I played my show and I took my pay But for some reason hung around The reason had long, long legs Under a skirt that went so high That reason had long blonde hair And big, big brown eyes Chorus: I’ll be your Johnny Cash If you’ll be my Audrey Hepburn And I’d walk that line for you just to see where those hips curve I’ll kiss you in the rain baby where the Moon River turns Step into this ring of fire feel it baby burn, burn, burn I stepped into a vortex A black hole of space and time I looked up and it’d been five days Since I’d seen that heart of mine She asked if I believed in love The June and Johnny kind She asked me if I always wore black Said it suits me fine Chorus I’ve played Paris Amsterdam with girls on bikes Brussels leaves me breathless Nearly every time London, Dublin, New York, L.A. Where the women have such style But somewhere in the Midwest’s Where I lost that heart of mine Chorus Words and music by Stephen Simmons ©copyright secured all rights reserved Shiny Geode Music, SESAC credits
10.
ALL THE TIME I’VE GOT Filling station signs Light up the cold dead night With their number driven art advertising prices I’m out here all alone once more In this truck that won’t stay warm And humility reveals itself priceless Chorus: It’s just about all the time I’ve got To figure out all the things I’m not And it’s just about all the time I’ll need Sometimes all we are is just who we’ll be My baby’s safe at home And man she don’t know why I roam And for someone I love so much I shouldn’t have to try so But these lights in my dark sky Are man-made bulbs and hard copper wire And not the heavenly moon and the stars a glowing Chorus But they’re just so many roads Where a man can feel at home All the while alone and driving And something you said to me last night I just can’t get out of my mind That this time you’re through trying Funny how some thoughts in your mind Only slip out when you’re driving And seem to disappear at other times Like that outfit that you wore baby For my birthday so crazy Wasn’t worth the price, but the memory’s timeless Chorus
11.
By My Side 05:21
BY MY SIDE   Well first light I’m headed out Won’t be back for sometime So few pleasures were allowed Precious moments like tonight   I’d love to ask of you To be here when I return And I’ll look forward if you do But if you don’t I won’t feel spurned   Chorus: Cause there’s too many times I’ve failed though I’ve tried And too many nights Without you by my side Now I’m still too young To give up on love so pure But I’m much too old To believe that anything is sure So babe tonight Can I have you by my side?   They say the Lord took from Adam A rib from his side Created a companion And a place to symbolize   And I’ve had many a companion Who walked ahead and who walked behind And it feels so right to have one Finally have one by my side   Chorus   In earlier years When time was on my side Squandered love in fear Confused with lust, consumed with pride   I sense those days are near an end From the whispers my soul hears Humbled by years I can’t rescind And how seldom love appears   Chorus   Yeah babe tonight can I have you by my side     Words and music by Stephen Simmons ©copyright secured all rights reserved Shiny Geode Music, SESAC
12.
The Circus 07:01
THE CIRCUS   It’s so hard to keep it all together So hard to get everything just right Just when I think I got it all in order Man that’s when lightning usually strikes So I been trying to keep my ship tight Make sure everything’s where it goes Sure all my pictures are just hung right Starched and pressed my good clothes   Chorus: Baby take me down to the Circus Sometime when it’s in town Show me all around The Big Show On the fast rides How you laugh and smile How it feels when you let go   I been readin' in the papers I been listening to the radio They say you better get your house in order Least you be left here alone So I straighten up my posture And polish up these old dusty bones And my suit’s tailor made to order To greet the king of this Big Show   Chorus   I saw a man lying on the roadside Somebody had covered his face with a towel The police or the ambulance hadn’t even gotten there Guess it’d all just gone down And as I drove on I couldn’t help but think about it Couldn’t seem to get past what I’d just seen Did I just happen to drive by as his soul leaked out? Or did God come for him and just want me to see?   Chorus     Music and Lyrics by Stephen Simmons Shiny Geode Music / SESAC ©copyright secured all rights reserved
13.
BARS ON WOODLAND     All the bars closed down early on Woodland tonight And it’s warm for the winter and a foggy night And it softens the glow from the streetlights on the edge of my road And Fourteenth and Ordway’s a Hell of a right When you don’t wanna go home but there’s nowhere to drive But I could come out all right with a girl I know just two streets over   And downtown is calling it’s vibrant and bright And tourists don’t come to shut it down while there’s still night But we all know their money and their time isn’t here forever But all things by the park they are eerily quiet No dogs they are barking long as no one’s in sight Could take the edge of this night in a house I know just four streets over   It’s come here so quickly thirty years old A life full of something just nothing to show And I hear my neighbor’s radio and it’s playing all the songs that I know And every now and again there are cars that drive by And they’re looking for that feeling they lack in their lives And I wonder if they’re going two streets or four streets over   Makes me so crazy I feel insane Makes me so crazy I feel insane Sometimes Sometimes             Words and music by Stephen Simmons ©copyright secured all rights reserved  
14.
SPINNER OF TALES   Oh I’m a spinner of tales And a drinker of wine A chaser of tales And a possessor of vice   But I got this guitar And I got me some wheels So I’ll say what I think in my heart And I'll go where I feel   Chorus: But I think that I love you And I like feeling this way And I know you don’t believe in my stories So I’ll shut up right now whatever gets you to stay   Oh I’m a spiller of drinks A maker of noise And a winker of winks For a second of joy   Oh I’m a drinker of beer A writer of words But ain’t no shedder of tears No matter what you heard   Chorus   Oh I’m a strummer of chords And a smile when you’re sad Elusive as Hell for sure But I like it like that   Oh I’m no real poet Just a singer of songs But Hell we all make it up don’t you know it As we go along   Chorus       Words and music by Stephen Simmons Shiny Geode Music / SESAC ©Copyright secured all rights reserved  

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Stephen Simmons and Molly Jewell
Live at Music Star
October 13 , 2012 / Norderstedt, DE

1 YOU (4:08)
2 IT'S NOT THAT BAD (3:49)
3 SPARK (3:18)
4 JUST WHAT I GOT (3:43)
5 LIMAVADY BLUES (6:44)
6 SHINE (5:03)
7 POOR HAPPY PEOPLE (3:45)
8 NEW SCRATCHES (4:10)
9 I'LL BE YOUR JOHNNY CASH (4:40)
10 ALL THE TIME I'VE GOT (4:27)
11 BY MY SIDE (5:21)
12 THE CIRCUS (7:01)
13 BARS ON WOODLAND (4:10)
14 SPINNER OF TALES (4:18)


Locke Creek Records
Tracks 1, 2, 7 Written by Molly Jewell / Lucy Byrd Songs / SESAC
Tracks 3-6, 8-14 Written by Stephen Simmons / Shiny Geode Music / SESAC

www.StephenSimmonsMusic.com
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P & C 2015 Stephen Simmons and Molly Jewell / Locke Creek Records

Recorded by Wolfgang Sedlatschek
Mixed by Eric Fritsch at Eastwood Studios in Nashville, TN
Mastered by Alex McCollough at Yes Master Studios in Nashville, TN
Designed by Susan Bauer Lee
Photo by Ulf Woitakowski

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released November 27, 2015

Stephen Simmons: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
Molly Jewell: Vocals, Piano

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Stephen Simmons was raised in the small town of Woodbury, Tennessee. As a songwriter and Ten years as a Road Dog, Stephen’s vision has grown to entail more than just reflections of rural America. Stephen’s records (which were compared to everyone from Johnny Cash to Ryan Adams) combine virtuosic songcraft and musicianship with unparalleled artistic honesty. ... more

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