YOU'RE THE ONLY SONG I SING TODAY
(Buzz Rabin / Marvin Brantley)


Mel Tillis - 1981
Johnny Paycheck - 1981
David Allan Coe - 1985



I was born to say the things I have to say
Some of us are lucky enough to be that way
I found a phrase in every phase of yesterday
But honey, you're the only song I sing today

I tried to find a word to rhyme with everything
And place it in a song that I could always sing
You just didn't happen you were dreamed this way
And honey, you're the only song I sing today

There's some kinda power somewhere out of sight
And it let's a poet know it when he's said it right
Like so many I've come close a time or two
But all my lines I find were leading me to you

I remember finding you a melody
Somewhere in the notes you wrote inside of me
And it was tailored just to fit some words I had to say
And honey, you're the only song I sing today

There's some kinda power somewhere out of sight
And it let's a poet know it when he's said it right
Like so many I've come close a time or two
But all my lines I find were leading me to you

Yes, I remember finding you a melody
I don't know, I found it somewhere in the notes you wrote inside of me
And it was tailored just to fit some words I had to say
And honey, you're the only song I sing today
Yes, you're the only song I'll ever sing






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)