Sam Steffen Discography

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Famous Last Words Album Cover

Famous Last Words

Released 3 Oct 2024

  1. Amarillo Drifter
  2. Sit There
  3. What All the Fuss Is About
  4. Easy on the Eyes
  5. Ain't It Good to Be Alive?
  6. Famous Last Words
  7. Outlaw Medicine
  8. Deal With the Devil
  9. Been Doing This Awhile
  10. First Bend in the Road
Updates, Reprises and Ripoffs Album Cover

Updates, Reprises & Ripoffs

Released 12 Jun 2024

  1. Stack Lee Shelton's John B. Stetson Hat
  2. 12 Days of Christmas (Reprise)
  3. The Abortion Song (The Wreck of the Ol '50)
  4. Bill Bezos and His Gal
  5. Boise Housing Market Blues
  6. The Ballad of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  7. So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (The COVID-19 Version)
  8. Goin Through the Motions
  9. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
  10. Talkin' Wall-Building Blues
Too Much of a Good ThingAlbum Cover

Too Much of a Good Thing

Released 8 Oct 2023

  1. Somethin Somethin Rag
  2. Psalm 151
  3. Back to You
  4. Tivoli-on-the-Hudson
  5. Psalm 152
  6. On the Courthouse Steps
  7. Gun & Badge
  8. Psalm 153
  9. Too Much of a Good Thing
  10. Times Bein What They Are
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Poor Thing

Released 24 Jul 2022

  1. Just a Little Annoyed Is All
  2. Close To You
  3. Blow, Whistleblower, Blow
  4. How Long (I'll Love You For)
  5. The Gambler (Deal Me Again)
  6. Work Harder (Get Paid the Same)
  7. Didn't Even Stand a Chance
  8. Could've Shore Fooled Me
  9. There Just Ain't Enough To Go Round
  10. With Liberty and Justice for Some
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Say When

Released 3 Oct 2021

  1. Hey, Babe
  2. Next Best Thing
  3. Why I Love You
  4. Closest I Ever Came
  5. Say When
  6. It's Raining Now
  7. Could've Sworn She Did
  8. Silly Me
  9. Over My Head
  10. Never Got the Chance to Say Goodbye
Maxims, Mantras, and Moral Tales Album Cover

Maxims, Mantras & Moral Tales

Released 3 Oct 2021

  1. Why Should I Be Kind to My Neighbor?
  2. Maybe
  3. Easier Said Than Done
  4. You Can't Always Have It Both Ways - Ver 1
  5. All the Thanks You'll Get
  6. Makin It Up (Right As We Go Along)
  7. The Grand Scheme/ The Midas Touch
  8. The Sneezing Song
  9. You Can't Always Have It Both Ways
  10. On Down the Road
Unravelled Tales Vol. 2 Album Cover

Unravelled Tales Volume 2

Released 24 Jul 2021

  1. I'm Ready
  2. Good Evening, Reverend
  3. G'Night Y'All
  4. The Trial
  5. The Boomerang Song
  6. Justice and the Law (A Fable)
  7. The Solitaire
  8. Talkin NRA
  9. Just Another Day
  10. Better World's A'Comin (It's Already In the Mail)
Unravelled Tales Vol. 1 Album Cover

Unravelled Tales Volume 1

Released 5 Mar 2021

  1. The Ballad of William Tell
  2. Til the Cows Come Home
  3. The Bargain
  4. Scatterbrain
  5. A Spanish Tune
  6. The Gambler
  7. Poolhall Saga
  8. You've Changed
  9. A Gust of Wind
  10. Get Back On Your Horse and Ride
Roubles and Kopecks Album Cover

Roubles & Kopecks

Released 14 Sep 2020

  1. The Poverty Line
  2. Only In It for the Money
  3. Pay the Man
  4. My Living Wage Is Killing Me
  5. Gentrification Refugee
  6. Aint Got No Home In This World Anymore
  7. Easy Street
  8. Police Brutality Blues
  9. The Respect I Deserve
  10. Aint Done Nothin Yet
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Nothing to Write Home About

Released 13 Jun 2020

  1. More to Life
  2. Doin Nothin
  3. A Brief Reflection Upon My Life to Date
  4. Every Mornin
  5. Come Crawl In Through My Window
  6. The Heart and the Head
  7. Please Don't Tell My Mother
  8. To My Father, With All Due Respect
  9. You Remind Me of Myself
  10. My Love For You Will Remain
Since You Been Gone Album Cover

Since You Been Gone

Released 14 Feb 2020

  1. Since You Left (Ain't Nothin Been the Same)
  2. Hell of a Day I'm Havin
  3. The Whereabouts of His Forgotten Mistress
  4. Talk to Me
  5. It's You (You're Grieving Now)
  6. Losing You
  7. If I Ain't Got You
  8. Keepin Busy
  9. Anywhwere But Here
  10. Now That It's Over
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Wet Match

Released 13 Oct 2019

  1. Take Your Coat Off and Stay Awhile
  2. Stuck
  3. Gotta Get Out of the City for Awhile
  4. Every Little Step of the Way
  5. Something Blue
  6. Backslidin
  7. Cold Shower
  8. I Think I'm Coming Down With Something Serious
  9. Storm Beyond the Calm
  10. I Wanna Go Home
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Only Human

Released 7 Mar 2019

  1. Absalom Pt. 1
  2. Burn It Down
  3. Little Girl Soldier
  4. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  5. Only Human
  6. As Long As You Are There
  7. The Gospel According to Judas Iscariot
  8. Lord Have Mercy
  9. Never Too Late to Learn
  10. Absalom Pt. 2
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Words, Words, Words

Released 29 Sept 2018

  1. Ain't Even Had My Coffee Yet
  2. Like That
  3. Just In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
  4. The Hardest Thing I Ever Done (Was Easier'n Lovin You)
  5. Sticks and Stones
  6. Callin It Your Job (Don't Make It Right)
  7. Words, Words, Words (or: Lies My Leaders Told Me)
  8. Grow Long Thy Hair, Samson
  9. Why, Mama?
  10. You Puttem All to Shame
At Least There Will Be Love Album Cover

At Least There Will Be Love

Released 31 Jul 2016

  1. Would You Love Me Then?
  2. (The Way That) I Will Always Love You
  3. Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know
  4. I'm Yours
  5. The Only Girl I Love
  6. In Love With You
  7. Might've Spoke Too Soon
  8. Do You Have Me Now?
  9. Nobody's Fault
  10. I'm Sorry
  11. You Been a Good Friend to Me
  12. I Will Still Love You Anyway
Aint It a Pity Album Cover

Aint It a Pity?

Released 31 Jul 2016

  1. Tom Joad's Promise
  2. The Ballad of Trayvon Martin
  3. Aint It a Pity?
  4. You Can't Get Any Poorer Than Dead
  5. I Need a Job
  6. The Petition Song
  7. Somebody's Child
  8. The New Jim Crow
  9. The Fine Print
  10. Song for the Unsung
  11. There's a First Time for Everything
  12. Where My Yard Used To Be
Failed Novels Album Cover

Failed Novels

Released 3 Nov 2014

  1. Ruth
  2. Right Where We Left Off
  3. If They Could Only See Us Now
  4. Rip Van Winkle's Blues
  5. My Love, She Approaches
  6. She With the Million Names
  7. The Ballad of Abraham and Isaac
  8. Somewhere Else
  9. Taxi Lady
  10. Grandma's Famous Chicken Noodle Soup
  11. No Friend of Mine
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Someone Else's Blues

Released 2 Apr 2014

  1. All I Want (Is To Sing the Blues)
  2. Jericho
  3. Someone Else's Blues
  4. That Girl I Was Tellin You Bout
  5. Mr. Wait-&-See
  6. Where Are You, Matthew Searfass?
  7. Never Again Would Be Too Soon
  8. In No Hurry Now
  9. A Series of Failed Attempts At Getting Over Loving You
  10. A Talkin Man's Talkin Technology Blues
Sam Steffen EP Album Cover

Sam Steffen EP

Released 21 Nov 2013

  1. Tom Joad's Promise
  2. The Ballad of Trayvon Martin
  3. Two Geese
  4. The Restless Wanderer's Lullabye
  5. A Twenty-Something College Graduate's Talkin Blues