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Close To You

from Poor Thing by Sam Steffen

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I’d give up my ticket to travel first-class
Step out of my place in a long line, and be last
Tip my hat to the VIPs, and bid them aideu
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

I’d compromise anything I claim to believe in
Religion, politics, humanity, even
I’d welcome the chance for a new point of view
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

I’d cast to the wayside any superficial differences
travel extreme geographical distances
I’d forget about whatever I was planning to do
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

If you were travelling upon one of the oceans
and you left me behind in some bedroom to stay
I’d sleep gainst the wall to which the sea was the closest
just to be that much less far away

I’d give up my dayjob tho it pays well and is easy
I’d come down off the mountain to live in the city
I’d share a crowded apartment on a loud avenue—
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

I’d pass up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
disobey the wishes of my entire community
all kinds of trouble I’d get myself into
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

If you were sick, I would risk the infection
If I knew you were wrong, I wouldn’t make no correction
I can’t think of one thing that I wouldn’t do
As long as it meant that I could be—
Close to you

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from Poor Thing, released July 24, 2022

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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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