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The Only Girl I Love

from At Least There Will Be Love by Sam Steffen

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Shes the sun at dawn, shes a dream you drawn
She’s a train you’ll chase forever that don’t never let you on
She’s beautiful, she’s both hands full
She’s cautious as a fledgling calf, and fragile as a fawn

She knows her bounds and your hopes she’ll drown
Her eyes are like the well you cast your lonesome wishes down
She’s a misplayed chord, she’s a two-edged sword
She’s a bird that’s fallen that never even left the ground

She cant be held, contained nor quelled
And she don’t reside even where she says she’s dwelled
She ain’t coming soon, but I wish she was
For she’s the only girl whom with all my heart I love

She’s a ragin tide, downright dignified
A wildfire wadin through a callow countryside
She’s my favorite song, my whole life long
She’s the failure I was faced with every single time I tried

She’s a waving flag, she’s a boundin stag
Free as a feather floating down a canyon crag
She’s a broken soul, she’s a lost-sheep’s wool
She’s a priceless linen mixed-in with a beggar’s bandage rag

She can’t be reached through spoken speech
And she breathes in vapors near the boundary’s breach
She ain’t comin soon but I wish she was
For she’s the only girl whom with all my heart I love

She’s a quiet smirk, she’s full of quirk
She’s like ivy growin upwards through the garden lattic-work
Her voice is sure, and her heart is pure
She’s a soothing salve for every wound you’ve got that’s hurt

She’s full of tricks, she’s too fair to fix
She’s a churchmouse crawling cross the crucifix
She’s a wisp of smoke, she’s a wooden spoke
She’s a spur upon a bootheel that’s never learned to kick

She can’t be caught, revealed nor wrought
She’s a matter of fact, upon a second thought
She ain’t coming soon, but I wish she was
For she’s the only girl whom with all my heart I love

She’s a friendly face, she’s a saving grace
She’s a trap-door hinged upon a hiding place
She’s a standing cliff, she’s a hieroglyph
She’s a strong defense that doesn’t have no case

She’s a windin brook, she’s a chance that’s took
She’s the same old story in a brand new book
She’s an ocean wave, she’s a shallow grave
She’s the knight that left the bishop to defend the rook

She can’t be known, can’t be left alone
She is my journey, my friend, my home
She ain’t coming soon, but I wish she was
For she’s the only girl whom with all my heart I love

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from At Least There Will Be Love, released July 31, 2016

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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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