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Somethin​-​somethin Rag

from Too Much of a Good Thing by Sam Steffen

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I can’t remember the words to this song
Wrote em down but didn’t bring em along
Now I’m confessin—I’m just guessin
I still got the tune, but the rest is gone—

If I could remember just the first line
the second would be easy cause it probably rhymes
but it ain’t no use—I got no excuse—
And I must’ve played the thing a million times

But I know the chorus goes like this:
—anyway, you get the gist
But this part right here, it’s in the bag—
Cause this song’s called the “Something Something Rag”

I thought maybe if I just kept playing the song
The words’d come back—boy was I wrong!
I still got nothing—I’m just bluffing
Tune’s still here, but the rest’s still gone

Here’s that chorus again
Somewhere we’ve already been
This is the worst luck I’ve ever had
I forgot the words to the something something rag

Maybe you’re thinking: “Man, this guy sucks
Sure wish he’d get off the stage and shut up
What’s he doin?—who’s he foolin
He’s rehearsed it this way to make it sound made up—

He’s playin the chorus one last time
To really drive home how hard he’s tryin
Someone should tell him that his song was bad—
The whaddyacallit?—Something something rag”

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from Too Much of a Good Thing, released October 8, 2023

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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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