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1. Woke up this morning my house was cold
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Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
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Went out and hopped in my old Ford
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Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
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We've given each other some hard lessons lately
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But we ain't learnin'
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We're the same sad story that's a fact
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One step up and two steps back
2. 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
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
3. 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 movin' one step up and two steps back
4. 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
