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One Step Up Lyrics

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Woke up this morning my house was cold
Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
Went out and hoped in my old Ford
Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
We've given each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain't learnin'
We're the same sad story that's a fact
One 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 ringing
I'm 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

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 caught 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' 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

Comments/Interpretations
by Asha on 6/20/2008 4:23pm everytime i read these lyrics I think of the one who was not meant to be - and shed a tear....
by Jesse on 7/29/2008 11:23pm This is one of the saddest songs and poetically moving I have heard. The boss is a musical god...
by Michelle on 9/25/2008 11:30pm easy to get lost in this song.
by adu on 11/12/2008 10:06pm wish I wasn't living this song...but it's good to know I'm not alone.
by yael on 1/17/2009 8:15am you are not...
by Herb on 2/1/2009 4:49am Last night I watched an episode of "Cold Case" about a young couple that drifted apart over the years, and this song was played during some scenes... I`m 48, and not the sentimental kind, but it made me very sad. There is an Austrian (Ostbahn Kurti) who sang the song in Viennese dialect, I like that very much, too. Although, Bruce is great, one of my favourite American artists.
by Auron on 4/18/2009 10:44pm yeah adu, what yael said...
by P on 5/21/2009 7:15pm You're not alone, that's for sure.
by Brian on 5/26/2009 12:24pm Similar chord progressions to The Wrestler. Similar story, too. Hmmm...
by John on 7/16/2009 12:39pm Just beautiful. Everyone's been there, married or not.
by ursula on 8/18/2009 12:39pm beautiful song.... well he is THE BOSS after al..... love you Bruce

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