One Step

(J.J. Cale)
 One step forward and two steps back
 Been carrying them bricks upon my back
 Bossman told me you ain't getting paid
 'til the house is built and the bricks are laid
 It's made out of wood, made out of stone
 I'm building that man a fancy home
 That's the way it is let me tell you jack
 It's one step forward and two steps back
 Working man he got a row to hoe
 He's up in the morning and down the road
 Carry them bricks and carry that stone
 Making that man a fancy home
 Rich man he don't work no more
 Talks on the phone to his stockbroker
 That's the way it is let me tell you jack
 It's one step forward and two steps back
 Well I'm not a thinking man you see
 And I'm not looking for no sympathy
 But one of these days I'll get my fill
 Be down the road and over the hill
 I won't carry them bricks again
 And I won't do it for any man
 If I use my brain instead of my back
 I'll be two steps forward and one step back
 That's the way it is let me tell you jack
 It's one step forward and two steps back