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Never Too Late To Learn

from Only Human by Sam Steffen

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Luke 19:45-48

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They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks
Opinions are too hard to turn
But I say try it and see what sticks—
It ain’t never too late to learn

I used to want to play the guitar
I thought I couldn’t cause I didn’t know how
Then I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried and—
I think I’m getting the hang of hit now

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Our government’s got the strange idea
That private healthcare we all can afford
I guess the lawmakers have never either never been sick—
Or else they’ve never been poor

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Our government’s got the funny idea
that they’ve met all the public school needs
with teachers making less than a decent wage
there’s plenty left for the war overseas

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There’s folks in this land who are full up of hate
Seems anger is all that they’ve got
They spread their harmful and hateful ideas
Exactly the way they were taught

Don’t know about you but I’m starting to think
Maybe everybody’s to blame
Instead of trying to be right all the time
Why don’t we try being nice for a change?

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Some people think it’s too early to say
Some people think it’s already too late
Some say it’d be easier to move the sea with a spoon
Than to change the mind of the State

Politicians got mouths, some got ears
Long as you got the money to burn
That’s the only time you’ll hear one of them say
“It ain’t never too late to learn”

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Jesus arrived at the banker’s hall
Their tables he did overturn
He said, “I guess none of y’all’ve caught on yet—
But it ain’t never too late to learn”

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from Only Human, released March 7, 2019

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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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