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Just Like A Sad Song

from Hearsay by Stephen Simmons

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My Dad used to tell me a ghost story about a ghost that would slip up behind my Grandpa's saddle and squeeze him whenever he rode his horse past where the man died. The ghost would let go whenever you got far enough away. But every time you rode back by, he would come up behind you again.

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Just Like A Sad Song

There's country crooners in Nashville
Pour out their heart right up to last call
They sing of lost love and pour souls
Who've never known no love at all
I've done my time I've done Eons
Lost more love than I care to recall
But here I am back at this ole dog track
Bettin' on 7 just to win it all

Chorus:
Sometimes it's just like a sad song
Sneaks up and grabs you from behind
Like a ghost on the back of your saddle
On a midnight ride
Sometimes it's just like an old love
whose been pushed down in the back of your mind
Reappears to help you rhyme that one last line

We all think it drives us crazy
We all have our crosses to bear
But I've never known a tale of love
That everyone thought was fair
So babe I'm at the end of this album
The needles just about to run out
Side One, Side two now they're both through
Do you know what it was all about?

Chorus

So babe I'm at the end of this album
The needles just about to run out
Side One, Side two now they're both through
Do you know what it was all about?



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: Multi Chord Guitar
Tim Marks: Bass
Marty Lynds: Percussion
Jen Gunderman: b-3

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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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