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Just In Case You Ever Change Your Mind

from Words, Words, Words by Sam Steffen

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Your heart is set on leaving me—What am I supposed to say?
So long, I guess the pleasure’s all been mine
There’s no sense in deceiving me—it hurts, but I’ll be okay
Wounds have a way of healing, in good time
I spose I should be thanking you, for at least giving me a try
I know that a good man is hard to find
Tell me that you’re going now, but don’t let’s say goodbye
Just in case you ever change your mind—

I wouldn’t want to influence—your sterling wherewithal
Nobody knows you better than yourself
I wouldn’t know just what to do with a splintered crystal ball
But what good’s it doing resting on your shelf?
You were burning in your eagerness, too confident to fail
And yet the humor in the gloom you couldn’t find
So I’ll put my house in order and blaze you out a trail
Just in case you ever change your mind

Sometimes, when it begins to rain, I think of how we met
You called me by some name that wasn’t mine
and then, as you explained to me that you meant no disrespect
you hinted that perhaps it was a sign—
It seems like only yesterday, I remember it so clear
It felt as though the planets had aligned
Well, Fare thee well, and take good care; if you need me, I’ll be here—
Just in case you ever change your mind

The gavel’s fell like pistol shots, the jury has come in
At some verdict it’s presumed they have arrived
But nevermind the circumstance; we both know where we’ve been
Our love was just some trial we survived
With the option to be merciful, you clung on to your grudge
You said I was too rude, too unrefined
A wiser man than I once said “Don’t be so quick to judge,
just in case you ever change your mind—”

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from Words, Words, Words, released September 29, 2018

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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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