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The Hardest Thing I Ever Done (Was Easier'n Lovin You)

from Words, Words, Words by Sam Steffen

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I done some things in my day that let me just say were a little less than easy to do
I been hard-pressed and hard-up on a hard-road with hard-luck, been hard-hearted one time or two
Troubles, trials, tribulations, tragedies I’ve had me a few
But the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you

I believe I broke the record for the longest second-look
I’d have to check again, though, to see if it’s still in the Guinness book
The feat may sound incredible to some, but to me it ain’t nothing new
Cause the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you

You got a way about you babe, that just don’t know when to quit
You joined up on the losing side but defeat you just can’t admit

I chose to do without them when fate offered me her jewels
I ate from the tree of knowledge knowing full well it was against the rules
I was sentenced to hard labor and now my freedom’s overdue
But the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n loving you

I resisted false temptation when it advertised its bliss
I beat the devil at his own board-game in the wide open wilderness
I lashed myself upon the mainmast so I could hear the sirens coo
But the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you

You got a way about you babe, you just don’t know when you’re wrong
I tell you to let go of me but you just keep on hanging on—

I made wings of wax and feathers and I flapped em towards the sun
when I was still ascending the heat went ahead and melted em
as deep into the sea I sank as high above the world I flew
but the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you

I climbed up Jacob’s ladder just to see what I could see
I went down into the underworld to try to set my spirit free
I held the world upon my shoulders just so Atlas could use the loo
But the hardest thing I ever done was eaiser’n lovin you

I ain’t sayin I don’t love you, or that you ain’t worth no regard
All I’m trine to tell you babe is that sometimes lovin you is hard—

I fought the famous hydra with nothing but a pocket knife
If it hadn’t been such slow going I might’ve gone and lost my life
For every head that I cut off, in its place three more grew
But the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you
Now I’ve heard that love is patient, and I’ve heard that love is kind
I’ve heard that love hopes and bears all things; I’ve even heard that love is blind—
But when weighed in my own experience, I know this much is true:
the hardest thing I ever done was easier’n lovin you

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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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