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Artist: Iris DeMent
Canonical path: /iris-dement/only-one
Related lyric paths: 6
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Only One
Read Only One lyrics by Iris DeMent on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Only One
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I'll open up my head awhile
Its been dead for years
Must have been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself
I ain't the only one to say
I'm talking to myself again
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes
I ain't the only one to say
Little pictures in my head
Turning inside out again
Cause fucking up takes practice I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse
You tell me what you fear cause I can feel it like a curse
Well, you used to be a folk singer now you're just a joke
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Ain't no smoking dope singer swinging from a rope singer
I ain't the only one to say
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Iris DeMent performs "Only One", and this lyric page sits inside the Iris DeMent catalog on LyroVerse.
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