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I'll Be Your Johnny Cash

from Hearsay by Stephen Simmons

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My 1975 Guild D25 acoustic guitar (an exceptional classic beauty herself) is named Audrey; after Audrey Hepburn.

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I’LL BE YOUR JOHNNY CASH


I was minding my own business
A Southern boy in a Midwest town
I played my show and I took my pay
But for some reason hung around

The reason had long, long legs
Under a skirt that went so high
That reason had long blonde hair
And big, big brown eyes

Chorus:
I’ll be your Johnny Cash If you’ll be my Audrey Hepburn
And I’d walk that line for you just to see where those hips curve
I’ll kiss you in the rain baby where the Moon River turns
Step into this ring of fire feel it baby burn, burn, burn

I stepped into a vortex
A black hole of space and time
I looked up and it’d been five days
Since I’d seen that heart of mine

She asked if I believed in love
The June and Johnny kind
She asked me if I always wore black
Said it suits me fine

Chorus

I’ve played Paris
Amsterdam with girls on bikes
Brussels leaves me breathless
Nearly every time

London, Dublin, New York, L.A.
Where the women have such style
But somewhere in the Midwest’s
Where I lost that heart of mine

Chorus


Words and music by Stephen Simmons
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Shiny Geode Music, SESAC

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from Hearsay, released July 28, 2013
Stephen Simmons: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Dave Coleman: Electric Guitar
Jen Gunderman: Piano
Marty Lynds: Drums
Tim Marks: Bass

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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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