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Acrobats Tonight (Still)

from Gall by Stephen Simmons

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ACROBATS TONIGHT (STILL)

Chorus:
All the girls look like acrobats tonight
The beer keg's all tapped out and cops ain't nowhere in sight
I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime
But all the girls look like acrobats tonight
~~~
A forty year old man
Drinking wine out of a box
Eating TV dinners with holes all in his socks
Still can love someone

A fifty year old divorce'
With a new found love for pot
Missing her little girl who'd rather live with her Pop
Still can love someone

Bridge:
Still as the water
Even as the World she turns
Constant as the calling
As the Cosmos continues to churn
And the Stars all continue to burn

~~~
The Sparrows stopped singing as the Blackbird calls return
After every fresh rain
They get all the worms
As the Sparrows hide and wait for Spring's return

The Wolf and the Muse are both at the door
Whom do I feed first?
When I ain't got no more
When the wolf and the muse are both at the door

Chorus

Your a glass of sweet tea and butter on a roll
I'm a crushed out old cigarette
And the whiskey bottle's last toke
But you're as smooth as butter on a roll

Evening Sun sets through the window of an old Missouri bar
I've been here before
And sang I smiled with my old guitar
With another love on my arm
Chorus

She came in a runnin’ through the front door hair all on fire
Few snoot full’s a whiskey
And her fears did all subside
Walked out the back door as the night owls conspired

Man in the Moon is frowning cause he stayed up all night
Sun tells him to move on over
As he burns hot and bright
And all the girls look like acrobats tonight

Chorus

Words and Music by Stephen Simmons / Shiny Geode Music / SESAC all rights reserved

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from Gall, released July 28, 2018
Stephen Simmons: lyrics, music, vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin

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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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