Step By Step

Album: There You Are Again (2002)
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  • Step by step
    I'm walking my way to Canaan
    Step by step
    Never more I'll roam
    God has a plan to please us
    He gave us his son Jesus
    Step by step
    I'm coming home

    I don't know when it started
    When I first heard Satan's song
    When I broke my mama's heart
    By starting to go wrong
    But the devil was so silky smooth
    That I was taken in
    And step by step
    I walked the path
    Of wickedness and sin

    Make no mistake it was plenty fun
    When I first turned away
    From all the good that I'd been taught
    About the righteous way
    But a slinky painted woman
    Had her arms around my neck
    And with a couple of good time buddies
    I figured what the heck

    I started acting cool
    I started skipping school
    Started making a couple of bets
    Started smoking cigarettes
    Repeated gossip that I heard
    Started huffing a little herb
    Started drinking my uncle's gin
    Started lying 'bout where I'd been
    Bad crowd in a local bar
    Joy ride in a stolen car
    Wound up in the county jail
    No one 'round to make my bail

    Step by step
    I walked away from Jesus
    Step by step
    I took the wrong track
    Worldly pleasure and temptation
    Became empty degradation
    Step by step
    I'm coming back

    Sitting in that lonely cell
    Lost as I could be
    No one left on earth
    Who'd admit to knowing me
    All my friends and family
    Completely burned and done
    My daddy's words came back to me
    When he said this day would come

    Then a peace came over me
    And I heard a simple voice
    That spoke of forgiveness
    And atonement for my choice
    I fell down upon my knees
    And out came all my lies
    And the truth of the Son of God
    Was right there at my side

    Got back to reality
    My faults belonged to me
    Got rid of the grudge
    Took my medicine from the judge
    Got rid of the booze and dope
    Cleaned my mouth with a little soap
    Got a job at the corner store
    Paid my debts and a little bit more
    Got a copy of the Good Book
    Opened it up and I took a look
    Said "Devil, I'm not your slave"
    Got to church and I got saved

    Step by step
    I came back to Jesus
    Step by step
    He opened up and let me in
    The promise of his love
    Is the promise from above
    Step by step
    Satan cannot win

    Do not think this means
    That pain has gone away
    Or that heartache and deep sorrow
    Cannot visit every day
    But Satan has no weapon
    No arrow, knife, or sword
    That can take away the love
    Of Jesus Christ the Lord

    Step by step
    He was walking right beside us
    Step by step
    He was with us all the way
    From the moment of our birth
    He had the measure of our worth
    And he's walking us home
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