First Step

[Verse 1] Did you ever have one of these days? This is a day like any other day You are free to wake up and shave Soapy hands fumbling on porcelain Hot, good coffee and a good, good book Bicycle, bicycle [Chorus] Breathing easier now Tear the roof off your day No one's coming over It ain't written So don't try to read it [Verse 2] Smell the hot rain on the street Could be love, could be alcohol Cup my hands around your face A little frame, a lot of pain I can tell the tears from the rain One tastes sweet, the other plain [Chorus] Breathing easier now Tear the roof off your day No one's coming over It ain't written So don't try to read it [Bridge] And who am I to think I could hang Such a precious life on a clever line? You're in all the books I read A hundred pages out of reach And so I pull myself Crawl to feet, hit the street It'll take some time To learn the lesson of the fall And begin another climb [Chorus] Breathing easier now Tear the roof off your day No one's coming over It ain't written So don't try to read it