A baby's first steps cover no ground
Only with the hope of all the future leaps and bounds
can a parent justify being so proud
But a distance is a distance
baby step to photo finish
leaves the trophy to the winner
And it's so loud
The closer things get...the farther you've ran
A carrot on a stick breaks bread with a man
And if in a few breaths that success might land
baby steps
If the finish line moves what's the plan?
You could say that understanding is the first step anyway
You can't make sense out of what you won't see
and you won't make change out of what you don't believe
If you don't think "they" set your goals, it's a dream
You're so close to happy, you're so close to okay
You're so close to pretty or to rich or to brave
Sure you're as far now as you were yesterday
but baby steps
It's not like you're jogging in place
The illusion of the world is proximity in view
And this stupid fucking feeling that you should be there too
Guess what, a lot of you aren't starting with a spoon
Your baby steps
were on a bed of nails without shoes
a few miles back, a few miles ahead
If a tiny photo finish can really mess with your head
What does seeing tail ends all your life say instead
everybody wants a car and a house, newly wed
But when baby steps
Can you teach them how society's bred?
Bred from the moment they can walk to walk hard
to be a failure - or a star
in school - or running races at the park
in view - of others living large
told - that they can have it all
And be anything they want
baby steps my child
Let me lie about the world
You have started off equal to the other boys and girls
You have your own will
No walls, no bills
nothing - expected to fulfill
I promise, when you peer over your own window sill
it's on a just world
Let that one sun thought be your downfall
Let that one sun thought make your head swirl
Cause if it's a just world, and I'm always baby steps away
I'm the only person I have left to blame