One Step Up

Woke up this morning, the house was cold

Checked the furnace, she wasn't burning

Went out and hopped in my old Ford

Hit the engine but she ain't turning

Given each other some hard lessons lately

But we ain't learning

Same sad story, that's a fact

One step up and two steps back

Bird on a wire outside my motel room

But he ain't singing

Girl in white outside a church in June

But the church bells, they ain't ringing

I'm sitting here in this bar tonight

And all I'm thinkin' is

How the same old story, same old act

One step up and two steps back

It's the same thing night all night

Who's wrong and, baby, who's right?

Another fight and I slam the door on

Another battle in our dirty little war

When I look at myself, I don't see

The man I wanted to be

Somewhere along the line I slipped off track

Living one step up and two steps back

There's a girl across the bar, I

Get the message she's sending

Mm, she ain't looking too married

Me, well, honey, I pretended

Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms

The music was never ending

We danced as the evening sky faded to black

Moving one step up and two steps up

(One step up and two steps back)

One step up and two steps back

(One step up and two steps back)

One step up and two steps back

(One step up and two steps back)

One step up and two steps back

Oh, baby, we're moving

One step up and two steps back

One step up and two steps back

One step up and two steps back

Mm, one step up and two steps back

(One step up and two steps back)

(One step up and two steps back)

Ooh, we're moving

One step up and two steps back

Oh, baby