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Now That It's Over

from Since You Been Gone by Sam Steffen

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How you gonna stand there and act like it don’t matter
When with every passin second here, I’m just getting sadder?
You don’t owe me anything, your debt’s as good as paid
You don’t gotta follow through on any of the plans you made
You can come out from your hiding place, pick up the traps you’ve laid
Everywhere throughout these fields of clover
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and tell me you still love me
When all the while you just been holding sharp and heavy things above me?
You can take down your battleflag, saddle up your mule
Put your needle in the cactusplant, and the thread back on the spool
You don’t have to be afraid now, baby, you can play it cool
Resume your role as the ice queen of October
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and ask me now for money
And say, what are you laughin for, do you think that this is funny?
You said you’d always be there for me anytime no matter what
You said you’d come and save me if I needed you to, but
I can see that what was in your heart’s just moved into your gut
You don’t have to get clean for me, or sober
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and pretend you didn’t do it
When you had it comin to me the whole time and you knew it
I don’t have expectations anymore ever since I’ve gotten wise
To your elaborate deceptions which you so cleverly disguise
You think you’re seein clearly but you got wool over your eyes
You needn’t look to see what’s just behind your shoulder
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and say things’ll all be different
When you don’t have the heart to say it ain’t good when it isn’t?
I’m no longer keeping promises—it’s never done me any good
All that being honest’s shown me is that I’ve never understood
I did it all correctly but my reputation’s in the mud
I’m not making anymore unwarranted disclosures
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and make like you’re the victim?
When you went out looking for a fight, you found em and you picked em?
Considering the circumstance, it’s a wonder you don’t feel
A little more responsible for your part in the deal
The water flows beneath the bridge, and fortune turns her wheel
I’m not getting any younger here, only older
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and just tell me to forget it?
When it’ll turn into the end of the whole world if you let it?
The credits here are rolling everybody’s free to leave
You played the game by all the rules and you got your reprieve
You outghtta be more cheerful you got no reason to greive
You don’t have to stand there stone-faced like a soldier
Now—that it’s over

How you gonna stand there and say this ain’t the ending?
Do you mean to say that all along this time you were pretending?
I’d prefer it if you didn’t drag this out into a scene
You don’t have to clarify, we both know what you mean
You can take what’s left of what you own, there’s nothing else to clean
You can leave the coals inside the stove to smolder
Now—that it’s over

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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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