Woke up this morning my house was cold
Checked out the furnace she wasn´t burnin´
Went out and hoped in my old Ford
Hit the engine but she ain´t turnin´
We´ve given each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain´t learnin´
We´re the 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 singin´
Girl in white outside a church in June
But the church bells they ain´t ringing
I´m sittin´ here in this bar tonight
But all I´m thinkin´ is
I´m the same old story same old act
One step up and two steps back

It´s the same thing night on night
Who´s wrong 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
I´m caught movin´ one step up and two steps back

There´s a girl across the bar
I get the message she´s sendin´
Mmm she ain´t lookin´ to married
And me well honey I´m pretending
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
The music was never-ending
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
One step up and two steps back