Jewel

Released: September 27, 2011

Songwriter: Patrick Davis Jewel

Producer: Jewel

[Verse 1]
Sammy the spider was on a mission
To move from the bathroom to the kitchen
He gathered his things and put 'em in a bag
Said goodbye to his mom and dad
His 47 siblings begged "to stay here instead"
But he went ahead and slid down his spider web
Like a gunslinger in the old wild west
He clinched his teeth
And squinted his eyes
And dared the world to put him to the test

[Chorus]
Sammy the spider
Sure was a tiger
He pulled his knee socks up higher
All eight of them
He was on a mission
From the bathroom to the kitchen
He was a real ﬁghter
Sammy the spider

[Verse 2]
The hallway opened up like the great unknown that day
A vast expanse in which many a spider lost his way
His nerves were jumpy as he cleared the hall
He turned the corner, and that's when he saw
A shadow cast a menacing shape
It looked like a monster complete with a cape
He snuck and he creeped and karate chopped with his hands
Just to discover
It was nothing other
Than a dust ball back lit by a lamp

[Chorus]
Sammy the spider
Sure was a tiger
He pulled his knee socks up higher
All eight of them
He was on an expedition
An impossible mission
He was real ﬁghter
That Sammy the spider

[Verse 3]
Tired and thirsty, he began to lose heart
Just a sad spider alone in the dark
He pulled a tattered picture from out of his bag
He could almost hear those glistening counters
And lovely painted cabinets whisper
"Come on Sammy, keep moving ahead..."
So he pulled up his britches and he held his head up high
He focused all four eyes, and kept 'em on the prize
Didn't ﬂinch at shadows, he just passed 'em by
Weary and exhausted
He kept on walkin'
Until he ﬁnally arrived

[Chorus]
Sammy the spider
Sure was a tiger
He pulled his knee socks up higher
All eight of them
He completed his mission
He made it to the kitchen
He was a real ﬁghter
That Sammy the spider

[Outro]
Sammy's got an apartment in the sky rise of the kitchen
With children of his own now, his parents come and visit

Jewel Kilcher was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah and raised in Homer, Alaska by her parents, Atz and Lenedra Carroll Kilcher. She is divorced from husband Ty Murray, with whom they share a son, Kase Townes Murray, who was born on July 11, 2011. Jewel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress and author/poet. She is known for yodeling during her concerts. She has appeared on 7th Heaven and Crime Scene Investigation, among others. She played the lead of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire, a Lifetime original movie. Besides vocals, instruments that Jewel plays are the guitar and autoharp. Songs that Jewel is noted for include “Foolish Games” and “You Were Meant For Me”.

As of 2010, Jewel has sold 15.2 million albums in her career, according to SoundScan.

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