It only takes one you

It only takes one me

To start a war and tear it down

To make the peace and let it be

It's been that way since the beginning

And that's the way it's always gonna be

It only took one apple from the middle of the garden

It only took one apple from the middle of the garden

One woman said I'm hungry

One man got life with no parole and no pardon

It only took one raindrop fallin' on the ground

It only took one raindrop fallin' on the ground

It only took a million sinners

And the water came tumblin’ down

It only took one Delilah and one rusty pair of shears

It only took one Delilah and one rusty pair of shears

She took a sleeping Samson

And she cut the boy from ear to ear

It only takes one you

It only takes one me

To start a war and tear it down

To make the peace and let it be

It's been that way from the beginning

And that's the way it's always gonna be

©2001 Lonnie Knight Songs

The first time I saw Miss Claudia

I was a young man looking for a thrill

She was as lovely as the day was long

And I was drunker than a hundred dollar bill

I was fast on my feet and she was soft and sweet

It must be something she said

Took a hold of my head

Miss Claudia what's a boy to do

Miss Claudia I fell in love with you

The next time I saw Miss Claudia

I was older but not too smart

It was something I said she came up outta’ the bed

With a left hook straight to my heart

I was light on my feet but I was easy to beat

It took her just one look she read me like a book

Miss Claudia what's a boy to do

Miss Claudia I'm still in love with you

My words cut like a switch blade knife

She drifted right out of this poor boy's life

She left me standing with my head in my hands

And my heart at my feet well I fell down hard

I took myself around the world

I never knew that I was looking for that same sweet girl

Before I ever got started my trip was complete

Right back in my own front yard

I think I'll go and see Miss Claudia

And I won't be that fool again

She’ll sashay in a little saint a little sin

And this is how the story ought to end

With a lover's reunion a kiss 'neath the moon

We’d be light on our feet just dancing down the street

Miss Claudia what's a boy to do

Miss Claudia I got my eyes on you

Miss Claudia I’m still in love with you

I‘m in love with you baby

This is how the story oughta’ end

Got my eyes on you baby

I’m in love with you baby

©xxxx Lonnie Knight Songs

Give me water when I’m thirsty

A bed that’s wide and hard

When I lay down and I’m weary

Put a window by my head

So I can look at the stars

I am a stranger in your country

Though I’ve lived here all my life

I got a home beyond your borderline

They call it the dark side the dark side

There is a dark side

That’s where some men go to hide

That where some men plant their lives

Others find their souls

There is a dark side for every

Man somewhere inside

The life that sings the blood that screams

And the tears that burn like coal

Show a little kindness to this vagabond

If it wanders through your dreams

There ain’t no mercy on the dark side

Where everything can touch you

And nothin’s what it seems

There is a dark side

That’s where some men go to hide

That where some men plant their lives

Others plant their souls

There is a dark side for every

Man somewhere inside

The life that sings the blood that screams

And the tears that burn like coal

Give me water when I’m thirsty

A bed that’s wide and hard

When I lay down and I’m weary

Put a window by my head

So I can look at the stars

©2001 Lonnie Knight Songs

She hidin’ all over town

She hidin' burned me down

She hidin' all night and day

Ain't nobody got a thing to say

It's a hard December morning

Ain't no light ain't no coffee made

Just an empty bed and it's quiet as a tomb

And I don't know why but I'm so afraid

Late last night I took a little whiskey

Just to ease my tumblin’ mind

I woke up this morning in a cold sweat from hell

And I crawled to the window

And I stared through the blind

I saw snow like a shroud

On the cold hard ground

One set of footprints goin’ downtown

My woman gone my money gone

Ain't nobody talkin' about it

Slippin' through the window

Sneakin’ out the door

Hear her high heels clickin’ round the corner

I turn around and she ain't there no more

Can't eat can't sleep

Can't drink enough to get free

Deep in the dark my mind starts to roam

And I hear little voices in my empty home

And I know that I'll love her with every bone

Til they carve my name on a stone

©xxxx Lonnie Knight Songs

You got voodoo in your heart

Amadman at your door

You got a take on black and white

With colors we ain't never seen before

Tell me who's in charge of your brain

When it's all said and done we all end up here

Standin' around in the rain

Some of us take a Buick six

Some of us run and some of us crawl

Some of us take an aereoplane

Some of us don’t ever go at all

But the song remains the same

When it's all said and done we all end up here

Standin' around in the rain

It's always been ashes to ashes

It's always been dust to dust

The mamas are makin’ a scene

And the children are makin’ a fuss

No matter how tightly you grip the wheel

It'll surely come to pass

If you don't think you can do it

It might be just because you never asked

And all your friends already know your name

When it's all said and done we all end up here

Standin' around in the rain

When it's all said and done we all end up here

Losin' our shoes in the rain

When it’s all said and done we all end up here

Turnin' to slugs in the rain

©xxxx Lonnie Knight Songs

Once I was mistaken for my father’s eldest boy

With a bottle of whiskey in my mouth and a mainline kind of joy

I can still hear him screamin’ out the back door

Kid you’re a shiftless son of a gun

He might have been right but he never realized

I was having me some fun

Kicked out of the homestead I had no place left to turn

With an appetite as big as the night

A dollar and a half to burn

I was caught between my wildest dreams and what’s left of reality

Everybody standin’ in line shakin’ their heads at me

Just let me walk on through

Just let me walk on through

Well they nailed me out in the alley the last time I was passin’ by

With a heavy hand of kindness and a jingle in their eye

They robbed me of my innocence my culture and my bread

They got my buck and a half but at least they left my head

Spanish wine Tex Mex tequila and things I shouldn’t have known

Cast before my open eyes like a hound dog’s favorite bone

You only get one chance to do your dance when you’re walkin’ out on the wire

Pour on the gas honey strike out the fire

 Just let me walk on through

Just let me walk on through

Here I am again lord at the bottom of the stairs

Facin’ down tomorrow with a bull whip and a chair

Is it any wonder why I’m startin’ not to care

Walkin’ blind folded in the lion’s lair

Just let me walk on through

Just let me walk on through

Honey won’t you let me walk on through

Just let me walk on through

Just let me walk on through

©xxxx Lonnie Knight Songs

I would build a highway lined with clouds and stars

I would build a highway from your front door to Mars

I would still the ocean put it in a jar

And bring it home to you

And if that's not enough

Tell me what you want me to do

I'd steal a million dollars just to buy you diamond rings

I'd open up the gates of hell just to make the devil sing

I'd flatten down the mountains

So you wouldn't have to climb

And I'd paint a rainbow blue

And if that's not enough

Tell me what you want me to do

I would never make a promise

That I'd be afraid to keep

I would celebrate your laughter

Drink your tears if you would weep

I'd lie down on a bed of coals

Just to spend one more night with you

And if that's not enough

Won’t you tell me what you want me to do

©xxxx Lonnie Knight Songs