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One Hit Wonder

from Large by Robin Tymm

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CHORUS
You won’t know from where I came but soon you’ll briefly know my name
‘Fore I slide back beneath that rock I crawled from under
One day I’ll take this world by storm and in the morning I’ll be gone
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder

Stood at that crossroads in the dust where Robert Johnson met Beelzebub
My soul I offered up but he wouldn’t take it
He said, “I’m powerful that’s true but some things even I can’t do
‘Cause I can tell when I look at you there’s no way you’ll make it”

In a bid to prove him wrong I started writing down my songs
And now it’s ten years later on and I’m tired of trying
My dream of climbing up the charts is broken down and torn apart
Oh, I have suffered for my art but you’re still not buying

CHORUS
You won’t know from where I came but soon you’ll briefly know my name
‘Fore I slide back beneath that rock I crawled from under
One day I’ll take this world by storm and in the morning I’ll be gone
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder

So I took what wasn’t mine, those stolen riffs and lifted lines
That we’ve all used too many times in desperation
But when I wrote songs from the heart they came out sad and mean and dark
Oh Lord, deliver some sweet spark of inspiration

Not just the Devil turned me down, no, I’ll be six feet underground
Before I get used to the sound of each door closing
But that end’s not yet in sight and I intend to win this fight
So I had better write or I might start decomposing

CHORUS
You won’t know from where I came but soon you’ll briefly know my name
‘Fore I slide back beneath that rock I crawled from under
One day I’ll take this world by storm and in the morning I’ll be gone
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder
Yeah, I’m just one hit away from a one hit wonder

© 2012 Robin Tymm
3rd November 2012

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from Large, released May 7, 2016
All instruments : Robin Tymm
Except : Miles Brough - harmony vocals

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