One Step Up by Kenny White Lyrics
One step up, two steps back
Fighting off this heart attack
The southern sky’s got northern lights
But they don’t even seem so bright
I won’t go back there without you
Pinch me i believe i’m dreaming
Words take on a whole new meaning
Pictures, they don’t look the same
I don’t respond to my own name
I won’t go back there without you
If i live to 90 years
I couldn’t cry this many tears
As it is, i’m beyond blue
And less and less i know is true
And i won’t go back there without you
Bent over the stove at home
I catch myself in the chrome
I kind of recognize the face
But someone’s walking in my place
My heart is full, full of space
How’d i get here, where’d you go?
Is there anything i know?
The wind is stirring up the lake
This constant dull and vicious ache
Is something i may never shake
It’s a cooler night than usual
So i pull out the winter wool
The footsteps that i’d hoped were yours
Keep stopping just outside the door
And i won’t go back there without you
I got my friends, i make ends meet
I got my dog who’s awfully sweet
I got my family, i’m not alone
I just have to pick up the phone
But i got no place to call my home
As kids we laughed and screamed and yelled
Chased each other, ran like hell
The saddest things, the scariest
Would vanish with a little kiss
So take me to another day
Wash me in the ocean’s spray
Let’s talk about the things to do
There’s so much to look forward to
But i won’t go back there without you
No i won’t go back there without you
I won’t go back there without you
Shawn pelton…drums
Paul ossola…upright bass
Duke levine…electric & baritone guitar
Larry campbell…mandolin, fiddle
Kenny white…acoustic guitar
Marc cohn…harmony vocal
Fighting off this heart attack
The southern sky’s got northern lights
But they don’t even seem so bright
I won’t go back there without you
Pinch me i believe i’m dreaming
Words take on a whole new meaning
Pictures, they don’t look the same
I don’t respond to my own name
I won’t go back there without you
If i live to 90 years
I couldn’t cry this many tears
As it is, i’m beyond blue
And less and less i know is true
And i won’t go back there without you
Bent over the stove at home
I catch myself in the chrome
I kind of recognize the face
But someone’s walking in my place
My heart is full, full of space
How’d i get here, where’d you go?
Is there anything i know?
The wind is stirring up the lake
This constant dull and vicious ache
Is something i may never shake
It’s a cooler night than usual
So i pull out the winter wool
The footsteps that i’d hoped were yours
Keep stopping just outside the door
And i won’t go back there without you
I got my friends, i make ends meet
I got my dog who’s awfully sweet
I got my family, i’m not alone
I just have to pick up the phone
But i got no place to call my home
As kids we laughed and screamed and yelled
Chased each other, ran like hell
The saddest things, the scariest
Would vanish with a little kiss
So take me to another day
Wash me in the ocean’s spray
Let’s talk about the things to do
There’s so much to look forward to
But i won’t go back there without you
No i won’t go back there without you
I won’t go back there without you
Shawn pelton…drums
Paul ossola…upright bass
Duke levine…electric & baritone guitar
Larry campbell…mandolin, fiddle
Kenny white…acoustic guitar
Marc cohn…harmony vocal