Please, ba by, can’t you see my mind’s a burn in’ hell.
I got ra zors a rip pin’ and tear in’, and strip pin’ my heart go a part a as well.
To night you told me that you ache for some thing new,
and some oth er wom an is look in’ like some thing that might be good for you.
Go on and hold her till the (D)scream in’ is gone.
Go on, be lieve her when she (D)tells you noth ing’s wrong.
But I’m the on ly one who’ll (F5)walk a cross the fire for you,
and I’m the on ly one who’ll (F5)drown in my de sire for you.
It’s (Am)on ly fear that makes you run, the (C)de mons that you’re hid in’ from.
When (Fsus2)all your prom is es are gone,
I’m the on
ly one.
Please, ba by, can’t you see I’m try in’ to ex plain.
I I’ve been here be fore and I’m lock in’ the door and I’m not go in’ back a gain.
well.
Her eyes and arms and skin won’t make it go a way.
You’ll wake up to mor row and wres tle the sor row that holds you down to day.
Go on and hold her till the (D)scream in’ is gone.
Go on, be lieve her when she (D)tells you noth ing’s wrong.
But I’m the on ly one who’ll (F5)walk a cross the fire for you,
and I’m the on ly one who’ll (F5)drown in my de sire for you.
It’s (Am)on ly fear that makes you run, the (C)de mons that you’re hid in’ from.
When (Fsus2)all your prom is es are gone,
I’m the on
ly one.
one.
Yeah,
yeah.
And I’m the on ly one who’ll (F5)drown in my de sire for you.
It’s (Am)on ly fear that makes you run, the (C)de mons that you’re hid in’ from.
When (Fsus2)all your prom is es are gone,
I’m the on
ly
one.
This page shows “I'm The Only One” by Melissa Etheridge in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 99 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.