From the recording FILLING IN FOR JESUS
Lyrics
ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR<br />
<br />
I started out looking for you<br />
In the ice-blue Tuesday light.<br />
Ran out of patience, gas, and clues<br />
By that all-black Friday night.<br />
<br />
It’s not the first time<br />
I’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
Won’t be the last time<br />
I’ll nurse my wounded pride.<br />
<br />
I had one foot on a banana peel<br />
Someone dropped on my floor;<br />
One hand on my steering wheel,<br />
And one foot out the door.<br />
<br />
You pulled up in some brand new wheels<br />
You said you bought with back pay.<br />
Said, “Hop in and see how it feels!”<br />
And then we rode away.<br />
<br />
It’s not the first time<br />
I’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
Won’t be the last time<br />
I’ll nurse my wounded pride.<br />
<br />
I have one foot on that banana peel<br />
You just tossed on your floor;<br />
One eye on the steering wheel,<br />
And one foot out the door.<br />
<br />
I’ll tell you where I’m going<br />
If you’ll tell me where you’ve been.<br />
When all your cards are showing -<br />
Not a moment before then.<br />
<br />
Around the block, down those back alleys,<br />
The straight and narrow’s not for you.<br />
You’ll need more than that Rand McNally®<br />
To help you arrive at the truth.<br />
<br />
I’ll tell you where I’m going<br />
If you’ll tell me where you’ve been.<br />
When all your cards are showing -<br />
Not a moment before then.<br />
<br />
I hear that rooster crowing<br />
Just like all those other men.<br />
I feel better now knowing<br />
I won’t go through this again.<br />
<br />
I have one foot on that banana peel<br />
You just tossed on your floor;<br />
One eye on your steering wheel,<br />
And one foot out the door.<br />
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