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Fifty Bucks

from Family Album by Stephen Simmons

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FIFTY BUCKS


I got an Uncle back home who taught me everything there is to know
From guitar pickin’ to throwin’ em back to the ladies hangin’ out at the shows
He had a K-5 Blazer and an Alvarez Yairi that rang through the holler from Granny’s porch
One day he told me I could even make money If I’d learn a few more chords

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Said there’s a man that’ll pay you fifty bucks if you sing till they shut it down
Fifty percent off of draft beer and a burger on the house
You can play your own you can cover The Stones long as no one complains of the sound
If it all goes right you can always go back anytime you’re in town
For fifty bucks

I tried work and I tried school but a circle don’t fit in a square
So I picked up my guitar and slung it on my back and I went on from there
All these roads, all these bars are starting to look the same
But if I get loose and the people are down Hell who am I to complain

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Years get lost, and truth gets found, you give love you don’t get back
And I’ve heard tell you can even make some money, but I don’t know about that

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from Family Album, released July 28, 2020
Words and music by Stephen Simmons and Shannon Wright
Stephen Simmons: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Glenn Simmons: harmony vocals

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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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