These lyrics were posted in a BS thread where they're not likely to be found:


ONE TIME AND ONE TIME ONLY
(Tom Paxton)

1. I spent my hungry young years running wild.
There was a lot I had to do,
And I spent cities like a handful of change,
But I never quit looking for you.

CHORUS: One time and one time only,
Been such a long time lonely.
One time and all time it will be,
Been waiting such a long time.
Each time had been the wrong time
Until you came to me.

2. I looked for you in every face I saw.
I could not find you anywhere.
Then finally one day I quit trying at all,
Looked up and saw you standing there.

3. I don't mind telling you what's on my mind.
It's no big secret any more.
I have no plans at all for moving on.
That's one thing I never been for.


[Recorded by Tom Paxton on "Outward Bound" (1966), "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (1999), and "Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973" (2007); and by The Mitchell Trio on "That's the Way It's Gonna Be/Violets of Dawn" (2003).]