One Step at a Time

I don't want to be the kind to hesitate,
Be too shy, wait too late
I don't care what they say other lovers do,
I just want to dance with you.

I gotta feeling that you have a heart like mine,
So let it show, let it shine.
If we have a chance to make one heart of two,
I just want to dance with you.

I want to dance with you, twirl you all around the floor
That's what they intended dancin' for,
I just want to dance with you.
I want to dance with you, hold you in my arms once more,
That's what they invented dancin' for,
I just want to dance with you.

I caught you lookin' at me when I looked at you,
Yes I did, ain't that true?
You won't get embarrassed by the things I do,
I just want to dance with you.

Oh the boys are playin' softly and the girls are too,
So am I and so are you.
If this was a movie, we'd be right on cue,
I just want to dance with you.

I want to dance with you, twirl you all around the floor
That's what they intended dancin' for,
I just want to dance with you.
I want to dance with you, hold you in my arms once more,
That's what they invented dancin' for,
I just want to dance with you.

I just want to dance with you,
I just want to dance with you,
I just want to dance with you.

- Roger Cook, John Prine

I couldn't help but over hear your conversation
When you told her that you owned her heart and soul
You say you've got her wrapped around your finger
But there's somthin' bout angels you should know

She'll walk away one step at a time
It'll take you by surprise
You'll think it happened over night
It'll be too late when you realize
Angels don't fly
They just walk away one step at a time

Don't think that I'm tryin' to mind your business
It's a full time job just tryin' to mind mine
But I once had an angel just like her
And if I'd treated her right
She'd still be by my side

She'll walk away one step at a time
It'll take you by surprise
You'll think it happened over night
It'll be too late when you realize
Angels don't fly
They just walk away one step at a time

It'll be too late when you realize angels don't fly
They just walk away one step at a time

- Earl Clark, Luke Reed

True in this modern world when two lovers get together
Chances of 'em ever makin' it to forever
Couldn't be better than two in a million hearts.
Girl this ain't just another run of the mill emotion
What I'm feelin' is the definition of devotion,
My love for you is true.

[Chorus:]
True, like the sun comin' up each mornin'
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as a mountain river windin',
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true.

True, not another minute on this Earth can be borrowed,
So there's no way to know when I'll live my last tomorrow
But everyday I get, I'll share with you.
This feelin' just keeps gettin' stronger as the time goes by
It's written on my face, you can see it in my eyes,
My love for you is true.

[Chorus 2x]

- Marv Green, Jeff Stevens

Girl you were always my yellow rose
And I was your one lone star
We always said
Together till death do us part

We had a love bigger than Texas
Where is that feeling now
It's taken some hits and some losses but it's fighting on
And standing somehow

Remember the man who asked for your hand
In the moonlight of San Antone
There by the mission you let your position be known
That you loved me so
Don't forget where it started
Remember the Alamo

I think we can hold on and make it togther
If we remember when
And get back to love
The way that it was back then

When we were hopeless romantics needing eachother
Willing to take a chance
We strolled and we talked down the ol' river walk
To the heart of where it began

Remember the man who asked for your hand
In the moonlight of San Antone
There by the mission you let your position be known
That you loved me so
Don't forget where it started
Remember the Alamo

- Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick

There's a soft rain tappin' on your window
There's a cool breeze blowin' off the bay
And a warm flame dancin' with our shadows
To music playin' far away

I never meant to stay an hour
I thought that I was passin' through
Another town along the highway
I never meant to fall for you

But I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothing' left for dreams to steal

On a Bible by the mirror
The only treasures that we hold
The only secrets that we're keepin'
A watch, a chain, a cross of gold

But I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothing' left for dreams to steal

When the sunlight brings the mornin'
I can't tell you what I'll do
But I've a mind to take you with me
And I've a heart to stay with you

But I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothing' left for dreams to steal

When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal

- Robert Earl Keen

We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you need to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.

Only an isolated incident, but the acquaintance left me stunned.
The first attraction was the hardest hit I thought I'd ever overcome.
This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

We'd each be hurting somebody else if we don't say our good-byes real fast.
Won't even think about a farewell kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Well...

We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you have to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.

This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Won't even think about a good-bye kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

- Jim Lauderdale

You take it nice and easy
You play it safe 'cause that's what people do today
I guess that's ok
Girl somewhere in your mind
There must be a perfect time to fall in love
But baby I'm burning up

So why not now, why not here?
Darlin' my heart just ain't too clear
Oh what are we waiting for
Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now

Right here in this moment
We could start a love to stand the test of time
Baby you know that's right
No one knows tomorrow
The mornin' sun could rise and take our chance away
Long gone with yesterday, so

So why not now, why not here?
Darlin' my heart just ain't too clear
Oh what are we waiting for
Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now

So why not now, why not here?
Darlin' my heart just ain't too clear
Oh what are we waiting for
Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now

- Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens

Well that's just great
Just what I needed
The icing on that cake
You're leavin'
But I give up
Throw up my hands
There's nothing I can say or do
I've done all that I can

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

Well surprise me
Tell me something new
I know leavin's what I got
Comin' from you
And I'm sorry
You know I am
But one way or another I'll come through
In one piece once again

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

What's been coming 'round
Ain't been going my way
That's the breaks

- Dean Dillon, Royce Porter

You've been out again tonight
With the girls out on the town
But in those magic neon lights
I know exactly what you found
What about your home?
And the man who loves you so
Is it worth the thrill you feel
Down on neon row

If you're lonely then your easy
Them good ol' boys just pick and choose
And lonely women are in season
A one night stand's an all night lose
And all those lonely high-heeled ladies
Are always putting on a show
But in the morning putting on coffee
And putting back on the clothes they wore the night before
To neon row

Girl I can't hold you back
Not one day longer
If my love ain't strong enough
To keep you home
Just start the fire
To burn the bridges
And maybe some night will lead in the magic light
Down on neon row

If you're lonely then your easy
Them good ol' boys just pick and choose
And lonely women are in season
A one night stand's an all night lose
And all those lonely high-heeled ladies
Are always putting on a show
But in the morning putting on coffee
And putting back on the clothes they wore the night before
To neon row

And putting back on the clothes they wore the night before
To neon row

- Jimmy Jay, Donny Kees

The laughter is gone
The cryin' is over
And I'm not losin' sleep anymore
The walls are all bare
The closet's half empty
The phone doesn't ring like before
I'm done with fallin' apart
I'm waitin' for my change of heart

I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own, again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Forget things that I need to forget
An' everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet

I painted our room
Replaced all the curtains
And there's a new rug on the floor
Called up the goodwill
Said come and get it
Everything she left behind is yours
I can still see you drivin' away
So why do I still see your face?

When I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own, again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
An' everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet

There's not a picture left
Not a stitch of clothes
But there's still somethin' here
An' I don't believe in ghosts

Oh I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own, again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
An' everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet

Oh I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own, again
You haven't left me yet
(You haven't left me yet)
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Oh you haven't left me yet
(You haven't left me yet)
An' everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet

- Dana Hunt, Kent Robbins