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Smiling Jack

from What Goes Around by Greg Hawks

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SMILING JACK
By Greg Hawks
Well, he’s a man of the people, everybody’s friend
They all love him ’cause he’s just like them
Well, he’s a real glad-hander when he works the room
The grown men fawn and the women swoon
He’s a big boss man, he lives for the stage
He likes to hang with the young girls half his age
He’s a down-to-earth hero who’s done you proud
Like ol’ Lonesome Rhodes, he’s just a face in the crowd
Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack
And that’s a fact
You better watch your back
Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack
Well, he’s a king of the hill, he’s gonna stay on top
And he’ll cut your throat, you try to take his spot
He knows who to call to make a deal go down
He’s just a good ol’ boy and a man about town
Now he’ll talk about himself any old time
And he’ll always be a legend in his own mind
But don’t be surprised when one day you find
While you weren’t looking, he stole you blind
Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack
And that’s a fact
You better watch your back
Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack
Well, he ain’t nothing like he appears, you see
It’s much more important to seem than to be
If you look behind the curtain, there’s nothing there
’Cause the emperor has no clothes to wear
Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack
And that’s a fact
You better watch your back
Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack
You better watch your back
Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack

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from What Goes Around, released April 19, 2015

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Greg Hawks Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In 2001, Hawks released his country album, Fool’s Paradise (YepRoc) to local and national acclaim. The song "Where I'm Not" is featured in the movie Jeepers Creepers.

In 2007 Hawks released a bluegrass album, Coming Home.

Hawks' third album, What Goes Around (2015), is a blend of soul pop, country blues, swampy groove, rootsy country ballads, honky-tonk shuffle, and hard-driving bluegrass. ... more

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