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Could've Sworn She Did

from Say When by Sam Steffen

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she was married when I met her but it was hanging by a thread
I’d good reason to believe that she’d wanted me instead
I’ll never know just how the thought ever got into my head—
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

I smelled her honeysuckle so I followed where it lead
A line of fools stood at her door with gifts of wine and bread
I asked if they had thought to knock, they told me, “Go right ahead,”
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

I could’ve swore she did—I could’ve swore she did
She always was the kind to keep her thoughts under a lid
If I’d money to wager on, I’d of surely lost the bid
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

I’s admitted to her parlor by a butler in a wig
I shook hands with her father and he asked me what I did
I told him off the record that I aimed to make it big
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

I spied her on the landing hearing every word I said
She descended as my face was turning every shade of red
I asked her out to dinner and she took me straight to bed
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

I could’ve swore she did—I could’ve swore she did
Every look she gave me said that she was interested
I’s never one to fall in love, but I tripped and slipped and slid
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

Afterwards I watched her as she rolled her cigarette
then smiled at me mysteriously and told me how I did
To me the word “tomorrow” sounded like an empty threat
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

She asked me what my name was, where I’d lived and what I’d read
I told her and she laughed and said, “My God, you’re just a kid!”
She showed me out the back door, though I begged her and I plead—
I know she never loved me but I could’ve swore she did

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Along life’s lonesome highway I’ve drifted and I’ve sped
Love is a thought the likes of which by now I’ve gotten rid
Alone into this world I’s born, and alone I’ll be when I’m dead
I know she never loved me, but I could’ve swore she did

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from Say When, released October 3, 2021

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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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