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Thread #39282   Message #1236621
Posted By: open mike
29-Jul-04 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: One (Carole King)
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE (Carole King)
I hear she is singing tonight at the Democratic convention. This can be seen on CNN and C-Span TV. I hope she sings this song...which I finally found the lyrics for.

ONE
Carole King from the 1977 album "Simple Things."

Poetic phrases come to mind
Whenever I find injustice being done.
And I wonder, what am I gonna do?
What can one do except be one,
Talking to two, touching three,
Growing to four million?
Each of us is one. All of us are one.

I go through phases when I realize
It wouldn't be wise to try and bring it down.
And I wonder, what am I gonna do?
What should one do except just be around,
Staying alive, putting out love,
Growing to five billion?
Each of us is one. All of us are one.

Open your heart and let the love come shining through,
And you will do what you need to do,
To know just where the other "you" is coming from.

He is one. She is one.
A tree is one. The earth is one. The universe is one.
I am one. We are one.

It just amazes me that I can be
Part of the energy it takes to serve each other,
And I wonder what am I gonna do?
What can one do except be one?
Each of us is one. All of us are one.
We are one.

What am I gonna do?
Be one.

I hear she is singing at the Democratic convention tonight in Boston just before John Kerry's acceptance speech. Go Carole! Go John! Go John! (Kerry and Edwards)