Take Another Step

TAKE ANOTHER STEP by Payson Lyon

Young boy on a Cumberland ridge setting fire to one more bridge
Ducking school and feeling low
Folks home, they wonder why the boy don’t even seem to try
He just knows he’s got to go

Go on, take another step. Everything you need is up the road waiting
Ain’t no brakes on the morning sun
Come on now, don’t look back. Every little step is laying down track
Just jump in your dream and start to run

White heat of an August day, she bends down to the car to say
She just wants friendly company
A warning bell in his head goes off, but her skin is much too soft
Five years later she sets him free

He thinks all of his dreams are gone, he’s played all of the cards he’s drawn
But inside he can hear a voice quiet and clear saying

Go on, take another step, everything you need is up the road waiting.
Ain’t no brakes on the morning sun
Come on now, don’t look back, every little step is laying down track
You think it’s over and it’s just begun

Changes come around, he’s got to try ‘em all
Each time he hits the ground, ‘til there ain’t no place left to fall

He finds a girl that makes him smile, he only plans to stay a while
A simple flower starts to grow
They marry in the early spring, the warning bell forgets to ring
But this time he already knows take another step


Some times he’s gonna live in the past, he knows nothing’s guaranteed to last
Still the love he’s found now makes him stronger somehow

Go on, take another step, everything you need is up the road waiting
Ain’t no brakes on the morning sun

Come on now, don’t look back, every little step is laying down track
The dream ain’t over ‘til your race is run

Go on, take another step, everything you need is up the road waiting
Ain’t no brakes on the morning sun
Come on now, don’t look back, every little step is laying down track
Dream ain’t over ‘til your breathing’s done…..’til it’s done…..