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Hell of a Day I'm Havin

from Since You Been Gone by Sam Steffen

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Woke up this morning to a rooster crowing
The sails were set but the wind wasn’t blowing
It was the middle of june and it was already snowing
I should’ve known something was wrong

Rolled out of be put my shirt on backwards
Pulled my pants on first and my underwear aftwards
Slipped on the stairs made a whole in the plaster
Right where your portrait belonged

Went down to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee
I poured it, stirred it, then spilled it on me
Went to make it again but the can was empty
All I could do was scowl

It seems like I can’t do anything right
I go to bed early lay awake all night
I’m afflicted by forces that I just can’t fight
Might as well throw in the towel

But what a hell of a day I’m havin
If this is some kinda joke, man, I ain’t laughin
I know worse things have been known to happen
But they ain’t been known to happen to me

Drivin to work my front wheel exploded
It seems the tire pressure had been overloaded
That the fault was mine has been duly noted
The tow-man told me so

Got into the office a little behind schedule
My boss thought my tardiness was intentional
Said the time’s come for me to do what’s sensible
Gave me the old heave-ho

Got home early met my girlfriend leavin
Said she didn’t have time to go into the reasons
Said that there was something else that she was needin
I said “What about me?” she said, “No—”

And it feels like I can’t keep anything straight
I pay up-front face-value at the goin-rate
But its always just a little too little too late
Either too fast or much too slow
Chorus

Preachers and teachers, they taunt and test me
The neighbors complain and the cops arrest me
And every person I’ve ever loved has left me
What’s that supposed to say about me?

I was disinvited to a colleague’s wedding
It seems I couldn’t prevent an ugly rumor from spreading
I receieved a memorandum with the following heading
You and me, pistols at dawn

I showed up late but I brought my seconds
We shook hands quickly and chose our weapons
Threw up a coin and it just went on flippin
Til all our hard feelings was gone

Seems like I can’t follow anything thru
I wake up from a nightmare and it just comes true
Meanwhile everything beautiful reminds me of you
Like a star I keep wishin on

Chorus

New York Times said the end was nearing
Paper hit my porch as the smoke was clearing
I’s trine to decide if the sound I’s hearing
Was in or outside of my head

Sun came out around eleven thirty
I tried to see through the flames but my glasses were dirty
I cried out for help but nobody heard me
They probably all thought I was dead

I dragged myself out of the smoldering rubble
Out of the frying pan headed for trouble
Spent my life on the sea, just to drown in a puddle
I swear you couldn’t make this stuff up

I just can’t make up my lost mind it seems
Whether I’m goin or coming apart at the seems
I might be a ghost you know that all that it means
Is that I just can’t let go

Chorus

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from Since You Been Gone, released February 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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