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Never Got the Chance to Say Goodbye

from Say When by Sam Steffen

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“Tomorrow,” she said, “I’ll be leaving, my ticket is already bought
If you don’t ask, I won’t give no reason—I won’t take any more than I brought.”
I told her I’d be there tomorrow, right at the first light of dawn
But this morning I knocked on her window, her neighbor said she’d already gone
“Did she leave any note? Did she tell you how come?
Did she give any good reason why?
I never had time to explain what I done
Or got the chance to tell her—goodbye.”

Well I knew she was here on a visit, that she didn’t intend to stay long
But I remember her now like a music that my whole life’s just been following long
I recall how she kept at a distance and seemed so reluctant to show
Any feelin at the mention of lovers whose stories you already know
Still—I meant to explain the rules of the game
On the off-chance she intended to fly
But I never obtained so much as her name
Or got the chance to tell her goodbye

Now I know that I shouldn’t be jealous of the sly things that other folks do
There isn’t a brave soul among us in this world who ain’t just passin through
I know that I’m no less as likely to seem just as vague and aloof
To shine as dimly or as brightly to any person of comparable youth
But I just can’t digest the feelin, I guess
That some people just act much too shy
I never bestowed any more than hello
Or got the chance to tell her goodbye

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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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