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TITLE: One Step Ahead
By Ricky Flowers
12/24/08
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One Step Ahead
Rick Flowers – December 22, 2008

It seems as though I’m searching for
The pieces of my life
At the bottom of a bottle that never runs dry

And stranger still is I don’t know
Just what those pieces are
That brought me to where I am today
With no way to heal the scar

I guess somehow I think I’ll find
Some happiness someday
But the bottom of this bottle is always gray

So I guess I’ll just keep drinking
This booze that runs my life
And I guess I’ll just keep thinking
It will end this pain and strife

But the more that I keep drinking
It seems I’m just one step ahead
Of having to face the monster
That wants to see me dead

As I look back in the darkness
Of a past that once was hell
I see nothing but a man
Who has stumbled, and who has fell

My mind tells me I’ll win this fight
With this bottle in my hand
But the bottom is always empty
So I just don’t understand

So I guess I’ll just keep drinking
This booze that runs my life
And I guess I’ll just keep thinking
It will end this pain and strife

And I guess I’ll just keep praying
I’ll keep one step ahead
But one day I know you’ll find me
Lonely, alone…….or dead.
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