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The One That Made No. 1

from Too Far From She by Ian Bruce

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lyrics

THE ONE THAT MADE No. 1
(Ian M. Bruce)

Open your eyes, yawn, stretch and rise
As cascades of sunlight, they burst from the skies.
Cool morning due encourages you
To purposely find yourself nothing to do.

That's how it was when I picked up the pen.
Doodled in the sun for an hour and then
Before I knew I was engulfed with words.
I plucked from the air and put into verse.

There in my hand was a new song's words
And I strummed the guitar and there were the chords
Next to arrive was the melody.
How it fell into place was a mystery.

CHORUS
Now every damned night I have to sing that song
Just cos it made no.1
I'd sing 'em something new but that would never do.
They wanna hear the same old song.
The One That Made No.1

Now a friend came by,
I showed him my song.
"Do it!" he says, "It can't go wrong!"
I argued then that it would never have sold
But to prove me wrong my song went gold.

CHORUS

Hip hip hooray for that lazy old day
When, to my surprise, I had something to say.
That old song gave me money and fame.
That's why they say I shouldn't complain.

CHORUS

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from Too Far From She, released January 1, 1989

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