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Something Blue

from Wet Match by Sam Steffen

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So you say you’ve finally found the one you been awaiting all your life
And you say that now he’s asked for you to come and be his wife
And by the way you’re smiling now, I don’t suppose you told him, “No,”
I don’t suppose you said where he could go—

And every bride within your family’s had some tradition to stick to
With something old, something brand-new, something borrowed, something blue
To wear or carry down the aisle to satisfy the trend
And you say you’d like my advice, just as your friend

For something old you got that wedding dress your great-grandmother sewed
For something new, you got that wedding ring of 14 karat gold
For something borrowed you could take the torch I been holding out for you
And hell, invite me to your wedding, I’ll be your something blue

I guess I should be happy that you found someone to love
Who, from the gutter of the world, knows that you’re outside and above
Who’s probably lived a lonesome life, looking high and low for you
Who, in so many words, can see you like I do

And I guess I should feel relieved, rather than despised
To know I’m not the only one who can see what’s in your eyes
And to realize beyond any doubt, that there would have been no way
to be the one to say, “I do,” on your wedding day—

for something old you got that memory of the two of us, alone
for something new you got that house I spose you’ll make into a home
for something borrowed you could take the heart I wore on my sleeve for you
and hell, invite me to your wedding—I’ll be your something blue

it may be too late to tell you now what maybe never needed sayin
I may’ve missed the opportunity when you caught that outbound train
All I’ve got now to look forward to’s a lifetime of time to kill
because I loved you then, and now, and always will

and I spose there must be moments, like the spokes on fortune’s wheel,
when the broken things within us will begin again to feel
when the broad daylight of morning will again seem warm and soft
but for me, that day’s still a long ways off

for something old you got that story from the madame’s crystal ball
for something new you got a family and a portrait on your wall
for something borrowed you could take my dreams which have always been of you
and hell, invite me to your wedding, I’ll be your something blue

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from Wet Match, released October 13, 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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