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A Soft Bed

from The Superstore by Stephen Simmons

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A SOFT BED

I’m tired and I’m weary and I need a place to rest
A place where I could get a warm meal and maybe a soft bed
I don’t know how long I’ve walked these streets that I now call home
I know there are many others like me still I feel so alone

I think I used to go by the name Jonathan
In my former life that’s who I think I was
But sometimes there by the bridge that I now sleep under
I lay there and wonder why Carl sounds more familiar

What could’ve been her name? Sometimes I do wonder
My finger looks like I used to wear a ring that something must have torn asunder
Cause I’ve got this hole in my belly that burns down in my soul
And I know with my memory I can’t be sure, but this ain’t the kinda pain caused by hunger

I don’t even know what day it is, I don’t read these papers I sleep under
I don’t know what drove me to this, and when I ain’t lookin’ for food I sometimes wonder

But I’m tired and I’m weary and I need a place to rest
A place where I could get a warm meal and maybe a soft bed
A soft bed

Someplace to lay my head
Safe from the cold night air
A soft bed

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from The Superstore, released October 15, 2001
Stephen Simmons: vocals, acoustic guitar

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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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