"5 Steps"
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Step 1, I was having fun,
I was cunning, I was on the run
Just no telling how many hearts,
I left undone.
I wish someone had told me,
"Son, your life has just begun."

Step 2, I had all the right moves.
I was sly, I was slick, I was cool.
Well I laughed and I smiled and said the right things,
just to set the mood
Wish someone had said to me,
"Don't you know the joker plays the fool."

Step 3, in the comfort zone,
I didn't love her, but at least I wasn't alone
Couldn't bring myself to look in her eyes and tell her,
tell her she's not the one.
Last thing she said to me is,
"One day, someone will do to you what you've done."

Step 4, slammed the door.
I was drunk as my body hit the floor.
Just never knew a breaking heart
could cause so much pain.
No one had to tell me,
I only had myself to blame.

Step 5, I was half alive,
as I stumbled into the local dive.
Closed the door, my heart hit the floor,
as her hair fell around her emerald eyes.
Never knew a stranger's glance,
could make you feel so alive.

Wish someone had told me,
I would have been waiting for step 5.
Wish someone had said to me,
"Wait, step five is why you're alive."

by R. Craig David-copyright 2004