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Hard To Smile

from Girls by Stephen Simmons

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HARD TO SMILE


It’s so hard to smile, when it hurts
And it’s so hard to laugh, when things just don’t work
And darling I have looked deep inside
But you know courage how it likes to hide

Chorus:
But I’ll
Be sitting on a cloud
In the sky
Come rain or shine
A Hundred miles
High up over the earth
For what it’s worth
I’ll be with you all the while

It’ll be so hard smile, when she goes
And how she felt before, now I know
I saw my life, my unborn child in your eyes
Must have been wrong, ole crystal ball’s lost its shine

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from Girls, released January 24, 2009
Stephen Simmons: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Richard McLaurin: Mandolin

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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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