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Aint Done Nothin Yet

from Roubles and Kopecks by Sam Steffen

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I get up in the morning when I still can’t see the light
Work without a pause or break til you can’t see again at night
Your skin turns all to leather as your hands get hurt and sore
All the while you’re wonderin: What am I even working for?
My house is just a plywood shed; my kids is barely clothed
I’m a getting on in years, how long I got, who knows?
Money in my pocket it was bought with my blood and sweat
And as long as there is work to do we ain’t done nothing yet

God made the world in seven days, so the story goes
What he’s been doin ever since, there ain’t a soul who knows
He made some strange creations but the one that’s most worth seein
Is the curious experiment he called the human being
Here’s a creature, goes around looking a’low and high
For something to surrender to, to make him happy ‘fore he dies
The unvarying response to any answer it can get
Is: so long as there is work to do, we ain’t done nothing yet

The earth it is a dyin off—we’ve wrecked it pretty fair
Tore down every rainforest and polluted all the air
Melted all the ice-caps and filled up the sea with trash
I don’t want to be a downer, but I don’t think it’s a gonna last
You may be a composter and recycle all your wares
You spent your life campaigning for cleaner, healthier air
You think your carbon footprint’s about as small as it can get—
But as long as there is work to do, we ain’t done nothing yet

Now I come from a country, USA’s the name
Sometimes it’s a point of pride, but it’s often one of shame
The leaders in my country practice hate and bigotry
And I don’t want my representatives representing me
Our prisons are exploding and our schools is getting worse
Our healthcare system cannot seem to Put the People First
As far as the reversal goes—there’s been some progress, I’ll admit,
But so long as there is work to do, we ain’t done nothing yet

So you’ve marched against the big machine and perhaps you won the day
Your cry for justice has been heard, and for once, things went your way
It took bout everything you had, but you came out on top
but it’ll all disintegrate again the moment that you stop—
So I’m gonna keep marchin, I ain’t lookin back
Ain’t gonna let my guard down or give out any slack
When I’m dead and in my grave that’s when I’m a gonna quit
But as long as there is work to do, we ain’t done nothing yet

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from Roubles and Kopecks, released September 14, 2020

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Sam Steffen Boise, Idaho

Sam Steffen is a Pennsylvania-bred, Boise-based singer-songwriter whose songs are the torch-wood for a new generation of folk music that has learned from the best stuff in the tradition and aims in spite of everything to keep the human spirit alive and kicking. A versatile musician and skilled finger-picker, Sam is at heart a story-teller, and a prolific one. ... more

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