Woke up this mornin'   The house was cold   Checked the furnace she wasn't burnin'   Went out and hopped in my old Ford   Hit the engine but she ain't a turnin'   Givin' each other some hard lessons lately   But we ain't learnin'   Same sad story that's a fact   Once step up and two steps back      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 ringin'   Sittin' here in this bar tonight   And all I'm thinkin' is   I'm the same old story same old act   One step up and two steps back       It's the same thing night all night   Who's wrong and baby who's right   Another fight and I slam the door on   Another battle and a 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   Movin' one step up and two steps back      There's a girl across the bar   I get the message she's sendin'   Mmm she ain't lookin too married   Me, we well honey I'm pretendin'   Last night I dreamed I held you in my amrs    The music was never endin'    We danced as the evening sky faded to black   Movin' one step up and two steps up   (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)   One step up and two steps back      Ohhh..baby we're movin      One step up and two steps back   One step up and two steps back   One step up and two steps back   Mmm..one step up and two steps back   (one step up and two steps back)   (one step up and two steps back)