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I'm the Only One
By Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge was born May 29th, 1961
in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
Signed in 1986 by Island Records

Album Notes-Yes I Am
Melissa Etheridge (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars)
Waddy Wachtel (electric guitar)
James Fearnley (accordion)
Ian McLagen (organ)
Scott Thurston (keyboards)
Pino Palladino, Kevin McCormick, David Sutton (bass)
Mauricio Fritz Lewak (drums, percussion)
Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California in 1993.
Reviews 
Entertainment Weekly
9/24/93 
"...[Etheridge's] music has an intimacy not often found in the boys' club of mainstream rock. There's also a darkness that's very appealing, as Etheridge hurls her haunted rasp of a voice through songs of desperate love..."
I'm The Only One

Please baby can't you see
My mind's a burnin' hell
I got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin'
My heart apart as well
Tonight you told me
That you ache for something new
And some other woman is lookin' like something
That might be good for you

CHORUS
Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you
nothing's wrong
But I'm the only one


Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone
I'm the only one

Please baby can't you see
I'm trying to explain
I've been here before and I'm locking the door
And I'm not going back again
Her eyes and arms and skin
won't make it go away
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow
That holds you down today

CHORUS
Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you
nothing's wrong
But I'm the only one


Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone
I'm the only one
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