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Would You Love Me Then?

from At Least There Will Be Love by Sam Steffen

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If I wasn’t such a miserable failure—would you love me then?
If I looked more like Elizabeth Taylor—would you love me then?
If I was handsome and brave and strong and lean
Had my face on the cover of Time Magazine
If I was really as nice as you say that I seem—mm, would you love me then?

If I had a more agreeable personality—would you love me then?
If I had better hold of reality—would you love me then?
If I had a corporate job and made a lot of money
If I was smart, sensitive, sweet or funny
If I didn’t call you baby, dear, darling or honey—mm, would you love me then?

If I drove you around in a pink Ferrari—would you love me then?
If I swallowed my pride and said I was sorry—would you love me then?
If I gave you my word that I would always be true
And then whenever you called me I came running to you
If I didn’t have to ask you what do I gotta do?—mm, would you love me then?

If I went ahead and just did what you told me—would you love me then?
If I said I was yours, you could have and to hold me—would you love me then?
If I showed you I could act like I was older than five
If I put in the effort, if I actually tried
If I was the last human being alive—mm, would you love me then?

If I gave some time to think it over—would you love me then?
If I tried again later, maybe when I was sober—would you love me then?
If I wasn’t so lazy, so dumb, so slow
If I only had somewhere, anywhere to go
If for all of these years I had just something to show—would you love me then?

If you told me something and I didn’t doubt it—would you love me then?
If I told you I loved you and sang about it—would you love me then?
If I had influence, title, rank, or position
If I changed my name, my race, my religion
If I told you I was eager to hear your decision—would you love me then?

If I promised to leave you alone forever—would you love me then?
If I told you we didn’t have to be together—would you love me then?
If I took your advice, your offered suggestion
If I swore I wouldn’t make any public confession
If I promised not to ask you anymore questions—mm, would you love me then?

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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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