One Less Set of Footsteps
Jim Croce
Life and Times
ABC Records


[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
             
  We've been r

             
unnin' away fr

    
om,
             
  Somethin' we

            
 both know,
             
We've long run

           
 out of things

    
 to say,
             
And I think I'

            
d better go.

             
  So don't be 

             
gettin' excite

   
d,
             
When you hear 

            
that slammin' 

     
door,
              
'Cause there'l

             
l be one less 

       
set of footste

ps
             
On your floor 

       
in the mornin'

.


[Verse 2]
             
  And we've be

              
en hidin' from

            
 somethin',
              
That should ha

             
ve never gone 

          
this far,
           
  But after al

             
l it's what we

    
've done,
             
That makes us 

            
what we are.

             
  And you've b

              
een talkin' in

         
 silence,
              
Well, if it's 

          
silence you ad

    
ore,
              
Oh, there'll b

             
e one less set

    
 of footsteps
             
On your floor 

       
in the mornin'

.


[Chorus]
              
Well, there'll

             
 be one less s

              
et of footstep

          
s on your floo

r,
           
One less man t

  
o walk in,
             
One less pair 

              
of jeans upon 

     
your door,
           
One less voice

   
 a-talkin'.


[Verse 3]
             
 But tomorrow'

             
s a dream away

  
,
             
And today has 

             
turned to dust

   
,
             
  Your silver 

           
tongue has tur

       
ned to clay,
             
And your golde

           
n rule to rust

  
.

             
 If that's the

              
 way that you 

         
want it,
              
Well, that's t

           
he way I want 

       
it more,
              
'Cause there'l

             
l be one less 

       
set of footste

ps
             
On your floor 

       
in the mornin'

.


[Solo]

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[Chorus]
              
Well, there'll

             
 be one less s

              
et of footstep

          
s on your floo

r,
           
One less man t

  
o walk in,
             
One less pair 

              
of jeans upon 

     
your door,
           
One less voice

   
 a-talkin'.


[Verse 4]
             
 But tomorrow'

             
s a dream away

  
,
             
And today has 

             
turned to dust

   
,
             
  Your silver 

           
tongue has tur

       
ned to clay,
             
And your golde

           
n rule to rust

  
.

             
 If that's the

              
 way that you 

         
want it,
              
Well, that's t

           
he way I want 

       
it more,
              
'Cause there'l

             
l be one less 

       
set of footste

ps
             
On your floor 

       
in the mornin'

.

              
Oh, there'll b

             
e one less set

    
 of footsteps
             
on your floor 

              
in the mornin'