One Step, Then Another

[Verse 1]
You keep the corner store receipt in your coat
Two oranges, black coffee, bus fare, a note
Says call your sister back, she’s been asking all week
You fold it by the crease, let the paper speak
The landlord’s on the landing with a ring full of keys
You hold the door for Mrs. Kim and her groceries
Small things stack up when the big plans stall
You learn who you are by who you help in the hall

[Chorus]
One step, then another, keep your word, keep your pace
Make a little room for somebody else’s day
When the road gets narrow, when the plans come apart
You can still move forward with a steady heart

[Verse 2]
You’ve got a cracked phone screen and a clean white shirt
Interview at ten, got there early, no hurt
The train ran late, so you walked from the bridge
Rehearsed your best answer by the chain-link ridge
Said I’m good with the details, I show up, I learn
Then you called your sister while the crosswalk turned
She laughed at your tie, said it looked like a flag
You both stayed on the line till the bus pulled back

[Chorus]
One step, then another, keep your word, keep your pace
Make a little room for somebody else’s day
When the road gets narrow, when the plans come apart
You can still move forward with a steady heart

[Bridge]
No grand speech, no perfect plan
Just the next right thing in your hands
A meal split two ways, a ride across town
A promise kept when nobody’s around

[Final Chorus]
One step, then another, keep your word, keep your pace
Make a little room for somebody else’s day
When the road gets narrow, when the plans come apart
You can still move forward with a steady heart