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 Giving each other some hard lessons lately We ain't learning 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 singing 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 thinking 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 moving one step up and two steps back There's a girl across the bar I get the message she's sending Mmm, she ain't looking too 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 (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