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If I Ain't Got You

from Since You Been Gone by Sam Steffen

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Got no money in the bank; got no gas inside my tank
I’ve only got myself to thank that I’ve got nothing left to lose
But even if I owned a stitch, somehow got lucky, struck it rich
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

The doctor he reviewed my chart, the nurse she listened to my heart
They asked me bout my history and then both of them withdrew
I’m told that they’re comparing notes, but I still ain’t been diagnosed
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

The judge he made the jury rise, recite the verdict, improvise
It came as no surprise to me that nobody had a clue
The prosecution made a move for what nobody had to prove
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

King Solomon he did command that every person in the land
Should be rounded up and counted with the riches he’d accrued
When he’d totaled all that he owned, he just hung his head and moaned:
Lord knows, I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

There came a crying from the earth, there was a death, there was a birth
I neither could determine nor decide just what was true
The only thing I know for sure, hatred dies, love endures
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

When in trouble hope for change, if in doubt pray for rain
When in Rome, the tourists say, do as the Romans do
But if you won’t give me this dance, please allow me just one more chance
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you
Lord knows I ain’t got much if I ain’t got you

Bridges: You’re the only thing that keeps me on the even keel
Who tells it like it is when it just don’t seem for real
You’re the bridge over the highway of a life that I ain’t crossed
Without you I am no one, I am nowhere, I am lost
You’re the reason anything in this crazy world makes sense
Without you life’s a catalogue of random accidents
Causes that have nothing t’all to do with their effects
Dots scattered in a universe that no one else connects

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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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