Adam Paul Shere

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"The Town Nobody Knows"

Adam Paul Shere is a gifted singer/songwriter eager to share his music with those who have yet to hear his honest and compelling songs. A native of Southern California, Adam has been honing his musical skills for over 13 years, penning the lyrics to over 400 songs since he wrote his first at the age of 14. A devoted fan of all genres of music, his list of favorite artists ranges from Mozart to Matisyahu and everything in between. He's most noticeably been influenced by the songs his parents grew up loving, and in turn taught him to love. The Beatles and Bob Dylan were early favorites and continue to inspire and influence the crafting of his songs to this day. Growing up in the 90's Adam was moved by the haunting and often cryptic lyrics of Counting Crows, The Wallflowers and Jewel, who each gave him a new perspective on his budding songwriting skills. He continues to find new inspiration in the songs of Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, Ben Harper, Amos Lee, Norah Jones, Coldplay, Colbie Caillat and A Fine Frenzy. In 2005 Adam started pursuing a career in music, recording a 4 song EP, "Simply Acoustic", and playing 70 live shows in the course of a year. In 2009 he spent over 50 hours in the recording studio playing multiple instruments and co-producing his debut CD, "The Town Nobody Knows". Later that year Adam wrote and shot his first music video for the title track of his new CD. This year Adam is back to writing, recording and releasing new music with plans for live shows, meeting and sharing his songs with fans and new listeners alike. When he's not working on his music, Adam loves spending time with his family and friends in Orange County, his home for 20 + years. Adam Paul Shere has been given a gift for music and feels blessed to sing the songs God has given him. "Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to Your Name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness." Psalm 115:1

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All shows are acoustic, solo sets.

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The Town Nobody Knows
Freckles Moles And Scars
Seven Years Gone
A Lot Like Love
Your Own
Soldier Song
Train Tracks
Give Me Love
Big Man
Butterfly
The Way Things Go
Let Your Heart Do The Talking
I Need A Woman

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Page 1 The Town Nobody Knows Well, I rocked too hard in NashvilleI was too country for LAI was too green for the Big Apple,So they sent me on my wayBut I found a little place where I,I can be my ownJust follow old Highway 61 To the town nobody knows In a diner frozen in timeI pulled out my Gibson 6 stringThe diners started to applaud The waitresses began to singI was loud enough to be heard Over pouring coffee and popping toastNow I'm the biggest celebrityIn the town nobody knows Well, the people here all smile a lotCause they want you to feel at homeAnd if you don't mind chicken after churchYou'll never eat alone Well, I kind of miss LA smogAnd East Coast traffic slowBut I don't think anything can compareTo the town nobody knows Well, if you're feeling lonesome There's this place open down the street Where I play my songs and this little girlLikes to keep the beatThe people get along and sing the same songsCan't keep from tapping their toesBehind my bedroom door I've a captive audienceIn the town nobody knows

Page 2 Freckles, Moles and Scars I love discovering who you areEveryday I find another freckle, mole or scarI didn't know you had that little mole behind your earI guess you didn't either, cause you never got to see back there Fell off your bike got that scar and got some freckles from the sunI want to find them all cause I love every single one And God created you with so much thoughtI want to take a crayon, play connect the dotsCause you're all perfection, you know you're not flawed or marredI love you and every freckle, mole and scar You always felt embarrassed by that oneSaid it made you feel ugly and little school kids poked funThe way that I see it, it's just another kissing spotOne more little reason to love everything you got So wear them proud, don't be ashamed of who you areI want to know each tale behind each freckle, mole and scar And God created you with so much thoughtI want to take a crayon, play connect the dotsCause your'e all perfection, you know you're not flawed or marredI love you and every freckle, mole and scar And if I ever go blindYou know I ain't gonna need no sightCause I'll still know just who you areBy every freckle, mole and scar And God created you with so much thoughtI want to take a crayon, play connect the dotsCause you're all perfection, you know you're not flawed or marredI love you and every freckle, mole and scarBaby, I love you and every freckle, mole and scar

Page 14 Seven Years Gone Seven years ago you caught me creeping out the kitchen doorTold you I was leaving you, but I never really knew what forI left you standing there with our baby sleeping at your breastSeven years that picture of you never would let me restSeven years no restComing homeI'm coming homeYour man left you to roamNow baby I'm a coming back home Never touched another woman cause your teary kiss goodbye was on my lipsEvery time I passed an open church I wondered just what I had missedHeard your voice in the church bell steeple heard you in the wind a whispering my nameJesus give me strength to show her that a man like me can truly changeI said a man like me can truly change Coming homeI'm coming homeTo the sweetest love I've ever knowNow baby I'm a coming back home Want to see my boy before another wicked moment passes bySons will grow to be like their daddies, I pray to God that that is just a lieNever missed one birthday, that is, I never missed one in my mindMy love was always his, though the cards are seven years behindYou know the cards are seven years behind Coming homeI'm coming homeWant to see my boy before he's grownSo now I'm a coming back home I'm finally homeI'm finally homeI got four arms holding me strongNow that I'm finally home

Page 3 Seven Years Gone Seven years ago you caught me creeping out the kitchen doorTold you I was leaving you, but I never really knew what forI left you standing there with our baby sleeping at your breastSeven years that picture of you never would let me restSeven years no rest Coming homeIm coming homeYour man left you to roamNow baby Im a coming back home Never touched another woman cause your teary kiss goodbye was on my lipsEvery time I passed an open church I wondered just what I had missedHeard your voice in the church bell steeple heard you in the wind a whispering my nameJesus give me strength to show her that a man like me can truly changeI said a man like me can truly change Coming homeIm coming homeTo the sweetest love Ive ever knowNow baby Im a coming back home Want to see my boy before another wicked moment passes bySons will grow to be like their daddies, I pray to God that that is just a lieNever missed one birthday, that is, I never missed one in my mindMy love was always his, though the cards are seven years behindYou know the cards are seven years behind Coming homeIm coming homeWant to see my boy before hes grownSo now Im a coming back home Im finally homeIm finally homeI got four arms holding me strongNow that Im finally home

Page 4 A Lot Like Love If I didn't know better by nowI would say you were the one for meBut my heart's out of joint and howSo I believe loves a crazy dream But you look so delightfully rightIn your worn out blue jeansAnd around you dance curious lightsSinging out for me to believe I've never been in loveProbably never will beBut this looks a lot like loveAt least what I think it should be If I had a bottle of inkI'd tattoo you on my soulA pretty picture that makes me stop and thinkOf what I could have if I wasnt such a fool I've often dreamed of loveWhat's that done for meBut I still recall visions from aboveYou're a lot like what I used to see Purple flowers, jumbled cloudsOld fashioned, youthful dreamsMonotonous hours, endless crowdsWhat's love supposed to be What's love supposed to look likeA glamorous tin-type of silver screenAt least I found out before I diedYou're what love looks like to meYour'e what love looks like to meYou're what love looks like to me

Page 5 Your Own You've gone and locked up meIn a prison no one can seeI keep picking the lock of your heartBut I find I'm still in the dark Open up your doorCause you don't have to hurt no more And it's no wonder you're all aloneCause you're afraid not to be your own You've been hurt too many timesSo you just run away and hideIf you'd only let me inThen the healing would start to begin Open your heart and mindYou'll be amazed at what you find Cause I have seen you all aloneAnd aren't you tired of being your own And it's so sad when I see you sitting therePeople walk right by you and you just don't seem to careUnleash the you, you're trying to hideIt don't impress me cause I see her in your eyes Who do you think you're foolingCause you sure ain't fooling meMost beautiful girl in all the worldIs all that I can seeYou're all that I can see Let me melt your heart of iceWith a fire that burns insideTake your old self and watch her dieTake my hand and learn to fly Open up your eyesGod loves you and so do I And there's no excuse to be aloneCause I want you for my own

Page 6 Soldier Song My name is Lieutenant Davis and I was stationed in IraqI was just killed this morning when we came under surprise attackI never would have thought at 26 I'd lose my lifeNow I wish I could say these things to my newborn baby and my wife My dearest Katie kept your picture on the wallKissed it every night, counted the days till our next callI never would have left you if I felt I had a choiceBut somebody's got to take a stand for those who have no voice When you're lying safe in our bed but you're feeling all aloneIm holding you from Heaven and I want you to know I did it for youI did it for lifeI did it for GodFor every freedom loving man and his wifeI did it for justiceI did it for peaceAnd my body lying in the ground still claims the victory My little Noah barely know whats right from wrongWish I could sit beside you and sing to you this songNo, you never saw me or touched your daddy's faceBut while you were in your mommy I prayed for you each day When you're playing in your picket fenced yard and I can't catch your ballI'm smiling from Heaven and watching you grow tall And I did it for youI did it for lifeI did it for GodFor every freedom loving man and his wifeI did it for justiceI did it for peaceAnd my body lying in the ground still claims the victory To all Americans, those left down here to liveRemember we've got so much and it's our duty to giveTo those who cry for peace, but hate who make it realTurning your head wont save the people who's liberation you would steal When you spit on eagles and curse red, white and blueRemember I died for the flag you burn and the freedoms you abuse But I did it for youI did it for lifeI did it for GodFor every freedom loving man and his wifeI did it for justiceI did it for peaceAnd my body lying in the ground still claims the victory I did it for youI did it for meI did it for God, Who made us allTo be free

Page 7 Train Tracks I wonder how it is that bad follows goodA stomach ache is certain with too much high class foodShe came in to my town just like an angel on a trainThen left by the same rails the very next day Train tracks, they never moveBut they break my heart every loving timeBad still follows goodWhen she leaves on the 209 I hopped a freighter when I was just a boyI wanted to see the world and feel the free-riding joyWhen my daddy finally caught me his belt leather was toughBut it never hurt me like losing my true love Train tracks, they never moveBut they break my heart every loving timeBad still follows goodWhen she leaves on the 209 If I knew John Henry and maybe Paul BunyanI'd ask them for a favor, just a tiny oneI'd make them build a brick wall right up on that Southbound trackSo the train that brings my baby to my side can't take her back Train tracks, they never moveBut they break my heart every loving timeBad still follows goodWhen she leaves on the 209 Where you going, DarlingCome on home

Page 8 Give Me Love I've heard it said everybody gets lonelyAt least from time to timeAnd you should have a book with a whole lot of numbersJust to ease your weary mind But everybody comes and goesTrades you off like dirty clothes Give me love, give me loveGive me peace, give me joy, give me loveI've heard enough, I call your bluffGive me real, give me time, give me love I've heard it said that a man isOnly what he knowsA variety of hate and loveJust as fast as the ball he throws But what is truer thanThe mirror of your soul Give me love, give me loveGive me peace, give me joy, give me loveI've heard enough, I call your bluffGive me real, give me time, give me love You call me down to your levelYou pout and frown like the devilYou break my stride like a hurdleI grow again in ground thats fertile Give me love, give me loveGive me peace, give me joy, give me loveI've heard enough, I call your bluffGive me real, give me time, give me love Give me truth from all your liesGive me hope that you are kindGive me reasons to believeGive me life from deadly griefGive me answers in the nightGive me proof that I am rightGive me silence for my weary heartGive me patience when I startGive me justiceGive me dovesGive me yes Give me Love We all need your love tonightJust give me loveLay down your love tonightGive me love

Page 9 Big Man Right now nobody knows meThey probably don't want toSick to life of being no oneTired of singing the bluesBut all those people who never saw meYou know I'm a gonna make them paySaying that's all right, just walk on byI'm gonna be a big man someday I always been too big for my britchesI must've been too good to be trueCause nobody ever heard meI'm just sitting here playing the foolAnd all those people in my lifeWell you know they just got in the waySinging take your love, baby, pass it downI'm gonna be a big man someday Being the best ain't always the bestCause you're the only one of your kindAnd you can never find someone good enoughTo help you pass the time But I guess I gotta keep on singingJust a legend before my timeThe voices in my head tell me I'm big stuffAnd I guess they wouldn't lieI just know I'm gonna hit the big timeHanging on to every word I saySo look out world I'm a coming upI'm gonna be a big man someday Maybe I just ain't playing loud enoughI'm gonna be a big man somedayYes, I'm gonna be a big man somedayYou know, I'm gonna be a big man someday

Page 10 Butterfly Coming in slow, out of controlPain is cutting every step you takeEveryone's watching every moveAnd you do not know which road to take I cannot change the past, but I can stop the bleedingI know they hurt you bad, but I know what youre needing You are the oneYou are the oceanYou are beautifulYou are cleanYou are the lightYou are the closingYou are the curtainYou are the seam Everyone knows you are protectedYou've got a fence that looks like meYou can let go in peaceful surrenderGiving up never looked so sweet I'm a knight in tarnished armor, with a rusty swordBut I'll take on all your dragons and bring them to the floor You are the oneYou are the oceanYou are beautifulYou are cleanYou are the lightYou are the closingYou are the curtainYou are the seam I've seen it all before, but wait here's something newYou'll never hurt no more if there's anything I can do You are the oneYou are the oceanYou are beautifulYou are cleanYou are the lightYou are the closingYou are the curtainYou are the seam You know you're beautiful to me, yes you areYou are so beautiful to me, to me Here is the start, let us beginStarry eyed lovers and best friends

Page 11 The Way Things Go I'd like to drive around all dayWithout the traffic getting in my wayBut, oh no, that's not the way things go I'd like to do the things I doAnd every morning have them fresh and newBut, oh no, that's not the way things go I love you nowI always haveForget aboutLife that's been so badCause I love you soThat's just the way things go I'd like to have some peace on earthThe only crying from a baby at birthBut, oh no, that's not the way things go I'd like to look like Dylan McDermottAnd everywhere I'd go, I'd be the living itBut, oh no, that's not the way things go I love you moreI always willForever from nowI'm gonna love you stillSo you'll always knowThat's just the way things go Cause I love you so, oh, oh, ohThat's just the way things go

Page 12 Let Your Heart Do The Talking Everybody's been on your backSaying you should drop me flatSay I'll never be no good for youI'll take your crystal heart and break it in two But you know that's never been trueI will always be good to you If your legs start to runningAnd your pulse starts to thumpingLet your feet do the walkingAnd let your heart do the talking Ever since you left me lastYour heart's been calling you backThey're trying to break us downYeah, but our love is steel bound I'm laughing at every wordCause I know they'll never be heard If your legs start to runningAnd your pulse starts to thumpingLet your feet do the walkingAnd let your heart do the talking Let it all come throughEverything your heart's telling you If your legs start to runningAnd your pulse starts to thumpingLet your feet do the walkingAnd let your heart Tell me the dreams you have for meSitting underneath the treeCross our hands, cross our heartsIt'll never end, it'll always Start to runningAnd your pulse starts to thumpingLet your feet do the walkingAnd let your heart do the talking

Page 13 I Need A Woman I need a woman who understands meI need a woman who wants a familyI need a woman who lifts my burdensI need a woman who knows what hurt is She's gotta be soft, but hard as steelArouses my senses, sight, sound, smell, taste, feelShe works like a dog, she plays like a kittenShe love me so hard, warms me like a mitten I need me a woman to soothe all my fearsWet my brow with her lips, dry all my tearsNeed me a woman who's there when I come homeNeed me a woman won't let me leave her alone I need a woman who sings like an angelShe's all woman, but still tough as nailsHer legs are like pedestals holding a mythological goddessShe'll never admit it she's nothing if not modest I need me a woman who can do things herselfBut because she's a lady she still lets me help I need me a woman to make me do rightTo fight me all day and hold me all nightNeed me a woman who washes my feetA woman's a woman, but she's more to me I need a woman who wraps me in linenPours oil on my head, does my reaching and bendingI need a woman who believes in meI need a woman, yes, thats what I need

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Photo by Megan Park
Photo by Megan Park
Photo by Megan Park
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Town Nobody Knows Sessions

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