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Stuck

from Wet Match by Sam Steffen

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Met a cloud passin overhead through the windowpane right beside my bed
“Hello down there, are you,” it said, “Alive?”
I said “How am I to tell, sometimes I look alright when I feel like hell
I guess I’m doin well—enough to get by”

I met a tree out on highway nine, a lone handsome ponderosa pine
He said he wished he had legs like mine so he could run
I said I’ll give you these here boots if you teach me how to lay down roots
He said sometimes there’s substitutes, but this just aint one

And isn’t it just my luck—soon as I get goin, the goin get’s tough
Lose my shoes and the road gets rough on me again
I bet it all and they call my bluff, they leave me fifty cents when I need a buck
And I’m just trine to get out of bein stuck right where I am
I’m still standin in the same spot where I began
Cept I’m sunk now a little bit deeper in the sand
And I’m cryin out for help cause I need a hand
You know I’ll return the favor someday, if I can

I met a doctor who was ill, who said it was only a matter of time until
The disease would begin to kill him or itself
He asked me what my trouble was, I said I’m just waitin for my bell to buzz
And even if it never does, at least I got my health

I met a lady in a turquoise hat, she asked me a few questions about this and that
And in 30 seconds flat she forgot my name
She told me her biography, along with most of the whole world’s history
And for what escaped her memory she felt ashamed

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I got a pen that just won’t write, got a pack of matches, not a one will light
I got a song for you tonight, but it won’t make you stay
I got a knife that just won’t cut, a refrigerator door that won’t stay shut
I got a lot of things here, but what good are they?

I got one eye that just won’t blink, got a thirst I can’t quench with just one drink
I got a brain that just can’t think it’s troubles through
I got a parrot that won’t repeat, got a hunger in me that just don’t wanna eat
I got a heart that just won’t beat for no one else but you

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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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