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Never Again Would Be Too Soon

from Someone Else's Blues by Sam Steffen

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Never Again Would Be Too Soon Copyright 2014 sam steffen

My mother was a shadow, or so I’ve heard the story told
My father rode the saddle, he never came in from out the cold
And I was born one hazy midnight, into a blanket I was rolled
Left upon a stranger’s doorstep when I was fifteen minutes old
Folks think that if I could find em now, I’d want to see em, they presume
Well as far as I’m concerned, I say,

Never again would be too soon
Never again would be too soon
Never again would be too soon

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to go and leave my home
Whether on account of cause I always was, or else cause I was never left alone
Seems like every town I come to now is like every other town I’ve known
I come just long enough to learn of one more thing I’ll never own
And somewhere tween the sweepin floors and getting beaten with the broom
I say if I come back here anymore,

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Well I loved a girl in New Orleans, although her name I don’t recall
She was kind and good to me, I was no good to her at all
I remember one night we’d just come back in from a ball
She had taken my possessions and locked them in the hall
I asked my girl how long it’d be for she’d let me back into her room
Well as far as I’m concerned, she said,

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Well I found me a friendly Christian, said I could stay with him for cheap
Said there was only one condition under which that contract he would keep
Said I had to start to livin clean, said he’d test me every week
Told him not to worry tho, I could do it in my sleep
Things were fine til they got hard again, and he found my needle and my spoon
I asked him when he’d let me back, he said,

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I killed a man in Kansas, I killed one in Tennessee
Both times I was as sorry as a man could ever be
Somewhere on the highway the law apprehended me
For one I got life in prison, for the other the death penalty
I asked the Lord if when I died he meant to raise me from my tomb
And something in the silence said,

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Well I don’t know who I’m talkin to, I gues it doesn’t matter now
Anyone with ears’ll do, if the timin will allow
I’m only trine to figure out if there’s some way out of this somehow
If I never asked for help before, well, I’m sorry, but I’m askin now
The warden says my time’s been moved, so now I’m due to die at noon,
So if you’re wondering when to pray for me

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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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