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Mr. Wait​-​&​-​See

from Someone Else's Blues by Sam Steffen

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Mr. Wait-&-See copyright 2014 Sam Steffen

Met a lady at a party she was hardly my type
But she invited me closer and I said, alright
Underscored me, ignored me, and she bored me to tears
But of all gazes hers was the gentlest

Had me over got me sober even gave me a key
As she pulled the rug out from under me
Tried to sit up tried to get up to pick up the debris
But the odds they were stacked up against us

Well you know me, Mr. Wait-and-see,
Mr. Cant-you-please-be-somewhat-kinder
As I’ll know by the sun when the morning has come
I will know my true love when I find her

I been put up, I been stood up, been let up and let down
I been told to pick up and get out of town
Rejected, disrespected, and neglected so oft
I can’t tell anymore if you know me

At the station congregations destinations unknown
Either tell me you love me or leave me alone
Among maestros in her plainclothes while the train pulls away
She says you don’t have to pay what you owe me

Well you know me, Mr. wait-and-see
Mr. there-is-no-joy-separate-from-sorrow
And just like I would trade every heart for a spade
For yesterday I’d give all my tomorrows

Well it’s lonely having only your memory to keep
As though I’d awakened to find that I was asleep
In the darkness cold and heartless will you part with your half
Whose hands were the words that you whispered with

Was I dreaming, am I reading too much meaning into it?
Did you intend what you offered before you withdrew it
Do you miss me? Dismiss me? Would you kiss that mouth now
Whose words were the hands that I begged you with?

Well you know me, Mr. Wait-and-see
Mr. upright-with-impeccable-posture
As you’ll not know the word for the thing you’ve endured
You’ll not know your true love til you’ve lost her

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from Someone Else's Blues, released April 2, 2014

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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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