Ein Schritt vor und zwei zurück English translation
von Ulla Meinecke

Woke up this morning, my 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 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 ringin’
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' 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 pretendin'
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms, the music was never-endin'
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
One step up and two steps back