One Step At A Time

One Step At A Time
Music by Peter Link
Words by Peter Link and Ragan Courtney

Oklahoma City
Is a long way from Skedee
An’ Shamrock Texas
Seems a million miles away
But with the grace of God
An’ the will to carry on
We’ll make it
We’ll make it
Cuz we’ll take it
One step at a time

Then on from Shamrock to Groom
Amarillo to Vega
This Texas road seems endless
Like from alpha to omega
As we hitchhike this ol’ highway 66
Yeah we’ll make it
We’ll make it
Cuz we’ll take it
One step at a time

Ridin’ in the back of a pickup truck
With the wind about to drive us insane
So hot gotta be a hundred degrees
An’ we all three prayin’ fer rain
So ladies takin’ turns at sittin’ in the front seat
While I’m watchin’ through the window
Makin’ sure the driver man
Keeps his mind on the road
An’ his hands on the steerin’ wheel
Makin’ damn sure
He don’t try ta’ cop a feel

Guess I don’t hafta worry none
‘Bout Miss Lizzie
One false step an’ he’d git
A taste a’ her fist
An’ a smack upside a’ his head
But it’s Thyme that gets me worried
Cuz she’s so dern pretty an’ so dern friendly
He might could git the wrong idea
So I keep ma’ eyes pealed
From the back a’ this ol’ pickup truck
Watchin’ his every move
Yeah it behooves me ta’ be
The guardian paladin
Takin’ on the role of my life
Puttin’ all my ambition aside fer a time
An’ jus’ protecting ma’ child an’ ma’ wife

Takin’ it
One step at a time
One roll of the wheel
Day after day
One podunk Texas town after ‘nother

Losin’ our rides
Cuz the Ladies got to stop
Seems like every hundred miles
Fillin’ up on junk food
An’ jus’ tryin’ to save a dime
Butt so sore from bouncin’ on the floor
But bound an’ determined
To makin’ it all the way to Santa Fe
An’ on to Califor-ni-a
Yeah we’ll make it
We’ll make it
Cuz we’ll take it
One step at a time

Takin’ it
One step at a time
One roll of the wheel
Day after day
One podunk little town after ‘nother

Yeah we’ll make it
We’ll make it
Cuz we’ll take it
One step at a time