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Hadley's Bend

from The Big Show by Stephen Simmons

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Hadley's Bend (formerly Jacksonville, TN) is one of the most fascinating places around Nashville. I've driven around countless days just looking at all the old Dupont Factory houses there and in Rayon City. And I always tried to imagine what it would be like to have grown up and lived there.

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HADLEY’S BEND
 

Gordon’s Gin goes down
Easy in Hadley’s Bend
If you listen you can hear the sound
Of Old Hickory in the wind
Trail of Tears had passed
Through here it’s been said
Now we’ve got a golf course
Souvenir shops with arrowheads
 
Chorus:
You can hear the sound of souls trapped in this bend
There’s only one way out but a million ways in
Hadley’s Bend
 
A Rayon City flat
A masonite siding trap
And a DuPont job that put
Clothes on all our backs
This place once made the powder
That helped to win the war
Then the cellophane and rayon
Kept open these plant doors
 
Chorus
 
Bobby joined the service
And now he’s in Iraq
Susie ran off and got married
At DuPont High she usta run track
Sarah she let go
In the summer of ‘92
We usta dream of retirement
Now I’m wishing I could let go too
 
Chorus
 
Gordon’s Gin goes down
Easy in Hadley’s Bend
If you listen you can hear the sound
Of Old Hickory in the wind
 
 




Words and music by Stephen Simmons
Shiny Geode Music / SESAC
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from The Big Show, released July 19, 2011
Stephen Simmons: vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul Griffith: drums, percussion
Dave Jacques: bass
Jen Gunderman: accordian
Alex McCollough: pedal steel guitar

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Stephen Simmons Nashville, Tennessee

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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