I WOKE UP AN HOUR EARLY, PUT ON MY RUNNIN’ SHOES   OH MAN, IT’S BEEN A WHILE, A HALF A MILE’S ALL I COULD DO   THEN I PULLED A COUPLE WEEDS OUT OF THE CRACKS   IN THE SIDEWALK TO MY FRONT DOOR   POURED OUT THE COFFEE POT, STUCK IT UNDERNEATH THE CABINET   DRANK A TALL COOL GLASS OF WATER, GONNA BREAK THAT CAFFIENE HABIT   AND QUIT STEPPIN’ OVER ALL MY WINTER CLOTHES   AND PICK EM’ UP OFF THE FLOOR   STOP BY BOBBY HENDONS, PAY HIM BACK THAT TWENTY BUCKS   IT’S JUST A LITTLE THING, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH      CHORUS   BUT HEY, IT’S A START, A SPECK OF LIGHT IN THE DARK   A PLACE WHERE SMILIN’ DON’T COME SO HARD ANY MORE   MY VISIONS GROWIN’ CLEARER, I SEE A FACE THAT’S SO FAMILIAR   YEAH, THIS MORNIN’ IN THE MIRROR BY THE DOOR   I CAUGHT A GLANCE OF THE MAN I’VE BEEN LOOKIN’ FOR      A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I MET A NICE GIRL AT MY CHURCH   SHE REMINDED ME OF YOU, SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH   WELL I FINALLY MUSTERED UP A LITTLE NERVE, AND ASKED HER FOR HER NUMBER   I MET HER AT THE DELI ON HER LUNCH BREAK YESTERDAY   WE BOTH WENT DUTCH, SO I GUESS IT’S NOT A DATE   CHORUS      BRIDGE   I REMEMBER WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID YOU DIDN’T HAVE TOO LONG   YOU MADE ME PROMISE I’D MOVE ON   BUT IT’S PUTTIN’ MY FAITH TO THE TEST, EVERYDAY I DO MY BEST   GIRL, I KNOW THEY’RE ONLY BABY STEPS   CHORUS