Step by Step

Step by step I'm walking my way to Canaan Step by step Never more I'll roam God has a plan to please us He gave us his son Jesus Step by step I'm coming home I don't know when it started When I first heard Satan's song When I broke my mama's heart By starting to go wrong But the devil was so silky smooth That I was taken in And step by step I walked the path Of wickedness and sin Make no mistake it was plenty fun When I first turned away From all the good that I'd been taught About the righteous way But a slinky painted woman Had her arms around my neck And with a couple of good time buddies I figured what the heck I started acting cool I started skipping school Started making a couple of bets Started smoking cigarettes Repeated gossip that I heard Started huffing a little herb Started drinking my uncle's gin Started lying 'bout where I'd been Bad crowd in a local bar Joy ride in a stolen car Wound up in the county jail No one 'round to make my bail Step by step I walked away from Jesus Step by step I took the wrong track Worldly pleasure and temptation Became empty degradation Step by step I'm coming back Sitting in that lonely cell Lost as I could be No one left on earth Who'd admit to knowing me All my friends and family Completely burned and done My daddy's words came back to me When he said this day would come Then a peace came over me And I heard a simple voice That spoke of forgiveness And atonement for my choice I fell down upon my knees And out came all my lies And the truth of the Son of God Was right there at my side Got back to reality My faults belonged to me Got rid of the grudge Took my medicine from the judge Got rid of the booze and dope Cleaned my mouth with a little soap Got a job at the corner store Paid my debts and a little bit more Got a copy of the Good Book Opened it up and I took a look Said "Devil, I'm not your slave" Got to church and I got saved Step by step I came back to Jesus Step by step He opened up and let me in The promise of his love Is the promise from above Step by step Satan cannot win Do not think this means That pain has gone away Or that heartache and deep sorrow Cannot visit every day But Satan has no weapon No arrow, knife, or sword That can take away the love Of Jesus Christ the Lord Step by step He was walking right beside us Step by step He was with us all the way From the moment of our birth He had the measure of our worth And he's walking us home To judgement day