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Storybook (The Flames of my Guitar)
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This is my featured single from my new album that i'm currently working on. This is a rough draft of what is to be, but i'm sure you'll get the idea.
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Acoustic folk rock. Outlaw Son AKA Timothy S. Epperhart writes plays sings and performs all his own songs, including covers.
Timothy S. Epperhart There are a lot of things that I'm interested in beyond being a musician, a poet or even a crazy person. Sometimes I might spout rhetoric just to see if you'll feed into it. I do that to my folks in real life too. To be honest I would like to post every song I've written with pictures and complete lyrics as I have worked on songwriting these past 10 + years. That work be a definite plus for my fans who have followed my music career. With life and music comes change. I keep an open mind to the world around me usually. I'm by no means so stuck on myself I can't or won't listen to other styles of music. My favorite format and style is probably "Acoustic Rock" - independently driven of course. Independent makes it possible to bloom into something much more than just a has-been on FM radio. I know it might seem a little overwhelming for most folks who get online to search for a song they may like to find a 29 year old man with almost 250 songs available for download. Some people may even be discouraged when they see my list of songs to even listen to one. Then again, some people have told me "Yeah you hear one you hear them all" - and I can completely understand this as I am always going to be me regardless. Anyways so yeah - I've been recording and writing songs for a long time now. That's not to say I actually draw a crowd or whatever when I play out. I really don't. In fact, I hardly ever let the public know that I play out when I do. I've always been this way. I see myself as a recording artist before a performer, performance wise I get all fucked up when I go out in public, I get to drinking. I forget the words to my own songs, because I have so many. It used to be like I could go out and feel good about playing my 5 favorite songs. Now it's like I get on stage and I'm thinking about what I'm going to play and end up just jamming some shit on drop d. There used to be places that I'd love to play who used to actually pay me 100.00 a night to get onstage for a couple hours and just go nuts. I fucking loved playing that bar because they never bullshitted me on my money at the end of the night. The regulars liked me because I used to go in every other day to get drunk, play some pool and hang out, but of course this was back when I was single. Don't get me wrong, I love my fiancee and we usually have a wonderful time, but I never get to get out and play my songs. Even if I did - I'm usually stuck on what I want to play over what I need to I guess.
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Charts
Peak #89
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Tim Epperhart
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Tim Epperhart, 2005
Uploaded
April 16, 2005
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MP3 4.3 MB 128 kbps 4:41
Story behind the song
My wife told me to write a song, she gave me a title and told me to go with it. It's a wonder I got it done as fast as I did. Maybe I should take more advice from her, cause it worked out for me; then again she was in the other room when it was written.. hehehe
Lyrics
Live your life by the strings is what I always say, Momma always told me son your gonna be a big star one day, I guess that’s just one reason why I went away, Cause Rock & Roll healed my soul and its never gonna fade away Some words are just a little bit hard to find Lord knows I’ve lost a few in my time I’ll be moving along down that old Missouri line Don’t ask me how I am cuz I’m doin fine. Sometimes I get a little bit crazy when I think of how They said I couldn’t make it No you won’t take my dream away I can’t let that be, no I can’t let it be. Storybook, storybook - the strings of my guitar The flames inside that shines so bright In the night like a star – somewhere in the distance you can hear me sing, Shout it out loud come on say it now yeah let freedom ring All across the nation you can hear them say my name, I’ll tell you one thing it’ll never be the same, Cause there’s a light inside that’s shines so bright, Through all the darkness you can find a light. When you feel like there ain’t no looking back, And the futures right down a westbound track, Just a moving along that old Missouri line, Don’t ask me how I am cuz I’m doing fine. But sometimes I get a little bit crazy When I think of how they said I couldn’t make it No you won’t take my dream away from me I can’t let that be, I can’t let it be. Storybook, storybook - the strings of my guitar The flames inside that shines so bright In the night like a star – somewhere in the distance you can hear me sing, Shout it out loud come on say it now yeah let freedom ring My name might not mean anything to you, Just like the storybook you never thought was true, You cannot see what isn’t in your sight, The sun will shine on the other side of the night. I know the words are a little bit hard to find, Lord knows I’ve lost a few in my time Just ask me how I am I’ll say I’m doing fine I’m just moving along down that old Missouri line But sometimes I get a little bit crazy When I think of they said I couldn’t make it No I wont give up I won’t let them win I cant let it be, no I can not let it be.
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