Lyrics Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch

Only One And Only

VERSE 1:

There's a hundred bluebirds, up above the clouds

Putting all the color in the sky

And twice as many tear drops, there to wash it down

Every one's another lullaby

CHORUS:

But there's only one and only

Who could go and leave me lonely

VERSE 2:

There's a world of trouble, trying to take its turn

I can hear it shaking underground

And half a dozen lessons, I might never learn

Not until them troubles come around

CHORUS:...

VERSE 3:

There's a mile of blacktop, where the road begins

It takes a time or two to recognize

Growing at the roadside, scattered by the wind

Are everybody's unsaid sad goodbyes

CHORUS:...

CODA:

You're the only one and only

Why'd you go and leave me lonely