One Step Up

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