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Just a Little Annoyed Is All

from Poor Thing by Sam Steffen

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I’m not lazy—I just like to rest
I’m not dirty—just not too clean, I guess
I’m not happy—but I’m doin my best
To play the hand that I been dealt
I ain’t quitting—I’m just on a break
I’m not guilty—I just made a small mistake
It’s not a setback, really—just a slight headache
It ain’t nothing that time won’t help

But you know I haven’t come to tell you
What by now you must already know
There’s so little that has any value—
There’s only a few ways it could possibly go—

I feel like my engine’s gone and lost a piston
Like I built a kingdom just to let it fall
You can’t resist once you’re inside the system—
And I’m just a little annoyed is all

I’m not a cheapskate—I’m just moneywise
I’m not dishonest—I just prefer my old disguise
I’m not startled–I’m just kind of surprised
I didn’t know you were that kind of girl—
I ain’t cryin—it’s just raining out
I’m not hopeless—I’m just full of doubt
I don’t need you—I’d just prefer not to be without
Lord, it is a lonely world!

but don’t let it go gettin your feathers ruffled
there’s really nothing else you could’ve done
the announcer’s voice coming through the mic was muffled
it could’ve happened to you, me or anyone—

I swear the lengths they’ve gone to to see I’d be deprived—
Would almost make you think that my life weren’t small
But no one makes it out of this world alive
And I’m just a little annoyed is all—

I’m not depressed—I just prefer the blues
I’m not indecisive—I just don’t wanna haveta choose
I’m not complaining—I’m just looking to improve
This antiquated old machine
I ain’t weak—I’m just not that strong
We’re not incompatible—we just don’t really get along
It ain’t alright—don’t you get me wrong
I ain’t sayin it’s peachy-keen

Sometimes I wish it would all go backwards
You’d begin at grief and move headlong into loss
You’d heal up as soon as you removed the daggers
you regain everything when you refund the cost—

But without an ending, there ain’t no story
No happily ever after after all
The case is closed with the hanging jury
And I’m just a little annoyed is all—

I’m not sick—I just don’t feel all that well
It’s not a secret—I just don’t really care to tell
I’m not withholdin—I just don’t have anything good to sell
or anything more to subtract—
I’m not crazy—I just haven’t found my groove
I’m not vindictive—I just don’t really like to lose
I’m not unjustified—I just don’t got no good excuse
Is there anything wrong with that?

Won’t somebody give me some instruction
On whatever a man’s supposed to do?
I can’t seem to make any logical deduction
I can’t have my cake and eat it, too

I feel like a powder keg what’s about to burst
Soon they’ll be scrapin me off the wall—
I’m surrounded by water and I’m dyin of thirst
And I’m just a little annoyed is all

I’m not a hard case—I’m just difficult
I don’t intend it—you know that much yourself
I’m not in trouble—I just need a little bit of help
At some point, hell, don’t we all?
I’m not wrongheaded—I’m just incorrect
I’m not crazy—I’m just a little out of step
I’m not angry—I’m not even that upset
I’m just a little annoyed is all

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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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