ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
(Tommy Brasfield / Robert Byrne)


Earl Thomas Conley - 1985



Nine times out of ten she's right and I am wrong
When I won't give in, she just goes along
Standin' by my side, sittin' home alone
I'll never know what keeps her hangin' on
When anybody else would be long gone

But once in a blue moon I'll do somethin' right
And once in a blue moon I'll make her feel so fine
I can make her laugh and make her cry
She hates the way she loves me sometimes
But once in a blue moon I'll do somethin' right

She's starvin' for affection, so hungry for love's touch
But she only hears "I love you" when we're makin' love
Lord, I'll always wonder why she loves me so much
When the best I'll ever do won't be enough
So, I'll just thank my lucky stars above

That once in a blue moon I'll do somethin' right
And once in a blue moon I'll make her feel so fine
'Cause I can make her laugh, oh, and make her cry
She hates the way she loves me sometimes
But once in a blue moon, once in a blue moon
Ev'ry once in a blue moon I'll do somethin' right
Once in a blue moon



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2017)