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Kool In Nashville

from The Big Show by Stephen Simmons

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Again, Nashville is an interesting place. This is for all you folks who think I've forgotten how to write a good murder ballad.

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KOOL IN NASHVILLE


Chorus: 
Would you teach me if I nicely asked you?
Would you show me how it is that you do?
You know I’ll be so thankful I promise if you will
Show me how to be kool in Nashville
 
Don’t want no gold records
No house in Hendersonville
Work part-time at the coffee shop
And it pays some of the bills
 
I see you each morning
But never before ten
You flirt with our cute barista
And you always call me kid
 
Chorus
 
I’ve been to all your shows
Like you grew out a beard
I know all your groupies names
I know their favorite beer
 
I watch you take your pick
And I cry little hipster tears
They drip in my PBR
A cry that no one hears
 
Chorus
 
I’m really sorry
That it came to all of this but do not fear
I only want what’s yours
You can scream but no one can hear you here
 
I promise to let you go
And give back your vintage amp
As soon as the local papers
Hail me as your heir apparent
 
Would you teach me I tried nicely asked you?
Would you show me how it is that you do?
You know I’ll be so thankful when my shows so good it kills
Show me how to be kool in Nashville
 



 
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
Jen Gunderman: piano

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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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