the house was cold
Checked the furnace, she ain't burnin'
Went and jumped into my old Ford
Hit the engine, she ain't turnin'
Givin' each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain't learnin'
The same sad story that's a fact
One step ahead, two steps back
But on a wire outside my motel room
But he ain't singing
The girl in white is out of church in June
But the church bells they ain't ringing
Sitting here in this bar tonight
And all I'm thinking
It's the old story, same old dance
One step, one glance,
two steps back
It's the same thing night or night
Who's wrong, baby, who's right?
Another fight and I slam the door
Another battle and I've
heard a little more
When I look at myself
I don't see the man
I wanted to be
Somewhere along the line
I stepped off a track
Moving one step and then
two steps back
There's a face across the bar,
I get the message they're sending
They're not looking to marry 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 ahead, two steps back
One step behind, two steps back
One step behind, two steps back
One step at a time,
two steps back
you