Step Aside

Written as a song

One step forward two steps back

Dontcha dare step on the sidewalk crack

Resist all the stuff you can’t abide

Try to hold your ground when you

step aside

Never rowed a boat

That didn’t spring leak

Started high and dry

Now it’s sinkin’ in the creek

Never planted crops

That didn’t need the rain

Without the drying sun

We’ll never see the grain

One step forward two steps back

Dontcha dare step on the sidewalk crack

Resist all the stuff you can’t abide

Try to hold your ground when you

step aside



Never knew a preacher

to admit that he was wrong

Dancing with the angels

While he sings the devil’s song

Never saw a fighting man

Shed a tear of pain

Hating what he’s doing

And he’ll do it all again

One step forward two steps back

Dontcha dare step on the sidewalk crack

Resist all the stuff you can’t abide

Try to hold your ground when you

step aside

Never saw a wife beater

Walk a long straight road

Tells her that he loves her

Then grabs her by the throat

Life is pretty simple

If I move with both eyes shut

Just keep on dodging

All the ifs, the ands, and buts

One step forward two steps back

Dontcha dare step on the sidewalk crack

Resist all the stuff you can’t abide

Try to hold your ground when you

step aside

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

These are some great lyrics and full of truth. Have you set it to music? The picture of you with a banjo makes me think it might be a folk song.