Only One and Only

Gillian Welch · Revival [1996]

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



But there's only one and only who could go and leave me lonely

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 .



But there's only one and only who could go and leave me lonely

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.



But there's only one and only who could go and leave me lonely

You're the only one and only

Why'd you go and leave me lonely?...