This tune was originally written in response to North Carolina's HB2 "Bathroom Bill" - but the recent surge in similar bills in state legislatures discriminating against transgender individuals, and the rise in disputes over participation in sports based on gender, inspired us to update it.  Remember, "It's everyone's business to say it's wrong!"  For more original music visit www.tstunes.com.

Copyright Timothy Scott & Sarah Geis Williams and Barbara Gardiner.

Nobody's Business

Nobody’s Business

Original song written by Tim & Sarah Williams, performed by Tim with Thomm Jutz on guitar and Tim Crouch on fiddle, mandolin, and bass. Produced by Thomm Jutz.  For more music, please visit www.tstunes.com.

Screen Door

Timothy Scott performs Billy Joel's "Always a Woman" on his 6-string Kamaka Ukulele. 

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Always A Woman - ukulele cover

Written in honor of Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday by Kellie Parr (BMI), Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC), & Timothy Scott Williams (BMI). Performed by Timothy Scott (vocals, ukulele), Kellie Parr (harmony vocals, rhythm guitar) and Pete Jock (slide guitar). Recorded by Levi Hamilton at Audio Boogie Studios in Brunswick, GA.  For more original music or to contact us, go to www.tstunes.com.

Jimmy

The stories of refugees being forced to flee their homes - whether in Ukraine, Central America, or anywhere in the world - are all unique, but they all share the hope of finding a safer place to call home.

In Ronald Reagan's farewell address to the nation in 1989, he talked about the US as the shining city upon a hill as he often did. It seems that a lot of politicians today who otherwise revere Reagan forget that he said "And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here."

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - Timothy Scott
Producer, BGV, all other instruments - Gerry Hirschfeld

Original song written by Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC) and Timothy Scott Williams (BMI).

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Lyrics:
With one bag holding all that we own 
Left the only world we’ve known
Joined a line with no end in sight
It was this - or our lives

My daughter is too tired to cry
She just stares with empty eyes
Men come by with papers and guns
How can I trust anyone?

With nowhere to go, we’re told to move on
Every turn is a fight, right or wrong
But hope is a pillow when the pavement’s your bed
Home can feel so far behind…but it shines up ahead

All the looks saying “why are you here?”
Are they angry or just scared?
We are not a political game
We are people, we have names

Repeat Chorus

Br: I’ll risk anything to keep my family alive
If it were you what would you do to survive?
Pray for direction and follow your heart
Walk til you can’t stand, then crawl through the dark

Repeat Chorus
Home can feel so far behind…but it shines up ahead

Shining City

Produced, recorded, and performed by Jessica Taylor.
All Rights Reserved.
Written by Timothy Scott Williams (BMI) and Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC) and Isabel Gomez. For more info about our original music, please visit www.tstunes.com.

Skinny Bed (There I Was Again)

V1: There I was again / Lying on my skinny bed
Wondering where you were
Trying not to feel hurt

V2: There I was again / Pulling covers over my head
Writing the screenplay
Conversations I invented / Wishing you had really meant it

PreChorus: Was it too good to be true
Or was I convenient?
Were you just passing through
Somewhere you hadn’t been yet

Chorus: No doors had to be slammed shut
No long goodbyes, and no breakup
No looking back to see my tears

No talk about the morning
Maybe thought you gave fair warning
You were gone but you were never here

V3: There I was again / With the daylight crashing in
Refusing to give up
Willing the phone to move / Knowing it wouldn’t be you
Repeat PreChorus
Repeat Chorus
There I was again…

Skinny Bed

Original song written by Timothy Scott Williams & Sarah Geis Williams. Arranged for Piano and Performed by Lauren Piper.

A Safe Place For My Heart - performed by Lauren Piper

Original song written by Timothy Scott Williams & Sarah Geis Williams. For more info, please go to www.tstunes.com

The Cowboy Inside

When someone that loved you unconditionally has passed, they are still always there...original song "Always There" written by Sarah & Timothy Scott Williams.  For more music and info, please visit www.tstunes.com. 

Lyrics:
Early morning, still half dreaming
I feel you near
In the kitchen, as I’m leaving
You’re always there

From the first star in the sky, til the last train rumbles by
When the fire dies and smoke begins to clear
Even when we’re apart, carry you in my heart
You’re always there

Back porch picking under the birch tree
I feel you near
At the window, watching over me
You’re always there

Repeat Chorus

Running across my troubled mind
Through sunny days and haunted nights
Wish I had given you more time
I would have given you my life
…cause you saved mine

Repeat Chorus

Early morning, still half dreaming
Always there


Always There 2025 - Worktape

What happens when a  Rolling Stones fan falls in love with a Beatles fan? Original song by Tim and Sarah Williams. See www.tstunes.com for more info.

Rolling No More - Worktape

Original song written by Tim & Sarah Williams (www.tstunes.com).

The Now - worktape

Christmas song!  Written by Timothy Scott Williams (BMI) and Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC).

New Traditions

Original song written by Sarah & Timothy Williams. Performed by Timothy with all instrumentation by Patrick Crouch.

By The Railroad Track

Original song written by Sally Barris and Sarah & Timothy Williams. Vocals Timothy, instrumentation Patrick Crouch.

Dreaming Small

Performed by Timothy Scott on acoustic guitar. Written by Timothy Scott Williams (BMI) and Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC). One-stop licensing. All rights reserved.
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Lyrics:
FALL DOWN

All the leaves on all the trees fall down, fall down
Tallest towers on TV fall down, fall down
All the soldiers on the field fall down, fall down
Fall down, fall down

And I know you’re weary
Fixing things you did not break
Picking up the pieces
From a past you cannot change

Ladders you must pay to climb fall down, fall down
Walls that cowards hide behind fall down, fall down
Empires built on fear and lies fall down, fall down
Fall down, fall down

And I know you’re angry
Fixing things you did not break
Picking up the pieces
From a past you cannot change

Let the tears you never cried fall down, fall down
Children standing their first time fall down, fall down
Dreams just learning how to fly fall down, fall down
Fall down, fall down

And I know you’re ready
Fixing things you did not break
Picking up the pieces
For a future you can change
So don’t be afraid…. to fall down, 
To fall down, fall down
Fall down, fall down

Fall Down - worktape

Written by Timothy Scott & Sarah Geis Williams
Vocals: Timothy Scott
Guitar: Thomm Jutz
Mandolin:  Justin Moses
Bass: Mark Fain

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Big Table

Moonrise Music is the music publishing company for husband and wife songwriters Timothy Scott Williams (BMI) & Sarah Geis Williams (SESAC).  With a style that travels from the traditional twang of Bakersfield to the power ballads of the seventies to today's coffee shop pop, these songs bring to mind the cosmic American music of Gram Parsons by blending country, folk, and pop into a current and unique sound.

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