Twelve Steps
Navigating Life's Dance in Twelve Steps
Lyrics
There’s a twelve step program at the meetings I go to
Introduction to a twelve-step program at meetings.
Twelve different people tell me drinkin’s bad for you
Twelve different individuals emphasize the harms of drinking.
See I went a little crazy, sometime around October
Expressing a period of personal turmoil around October.
Now I’m goin' through hell, tryin’ to stay sober
Currently facing difficulties in maintaining sobriety.
I try so hard to please them, I try to do my best,
Struggling to please others and do the best.
But there’s only one way I’m gonna go through twelve steps
Acknowledging that the only way to complete the twelve steps is personal commitment.
Well it’s twelve steps to my driveway,
Describing the routine of walking twelve steps to various places, highlighting the internal struggle with drinking.
And twelve steps to my car,
-Twelve steps through those swingin’ doors
-And twelve steps to the bar
-Where I order up a longneck,
-I drink it on down,
-I can’t give up drinkin’ so I order another round
-I’ll quit drinkin’ later, I just can’t give up yet
-For now I’ll walk my own line and I’ll do it in twelve steps
-I like to go out dancing down at all the old dancehalls
Recounting a night of dancing and meeting someone, which led to consequences and contributed to the need for the twelve-step program.
Six times a two-step makes for twelve steps in all
-I met this pretty girl, out there on the dance floor
-Twelve steps and a few drinks later we’re headed for the door
-I woke up the next mornin’, all of my things were gone
-She’s one of the reasons for this program that I’m on
-Well it’s twelve steps to my driveway,
Reiteration of the routine of twelve steps, emphasizing the difficulty in giving up drinking.
And twelve steps to my car,
-Twelve steps through those swingin’ doors
-And twelve steps to the bar
-Where I order up a longneck,
-I drink it on down,
-I can’t give up drinkin’ so I order another round
-I’ll quit drinkin’ later, I just can’t give up yet
-For now I’ll walk my own line and I’ll do it in twelve steps
-Twelve times two is twenty-four, I drank myself a case
Reflecting on the consequences of excessive drinking and the types of bars frequented.
I’ve been drinkin' beer all night and fell flat on my face
-But I could do a keg stand or throw back shots all night
-Or I could go out drinkin' down at my favorite dive
-That kind of bar where everybody knows your name
-You can go get piss drunk, wake up and feel no shame.
-Well it’s twelve steps to my driveway,
Final repetition of the twelve-step routine, expressing the ongoing struggle with giving up drinking and the commitment to walking one's own path.
And twelve steps to my car,
-Twelve steps through those swingin’ doors
-And twelve steps to the bar
-Where I order up a longneck,
-I drink it on down,
-I can’t give up drinkin’ so I order another round
-I’ll quit drinkin’ later, I just can’t give up yet
-For now I’ll walk my own line and I’ll do it in twelve steps
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