One in A Million(2018)TonyFallon1218

One in A Million(2018)TonyFallon1218

The first time I ever heard her was that night in Abilene

The teens were singing along with her she was their country queen

She was a bundle of energy with every song she sang

She yodeled like in the mountains or put on a Texas twang

Her voice was somewhere between Loretta and Dolly Parton

She was not wearing blue jeans just a mini skirt of tartan

She sang of her childhood growing up in a distant holler

Or driving down the highway in an eighteen wheel hauler

I had seen her in a program and I loved her photograph

Later I asked for her phone number and her autograph

She said no one has ever been that brave before and laughed

She said lets you and me go for tea I must be going daft

As we walked across the street we must have looked so unmatched

She smiled so sweetly and said you know I'm still unattached

I said I already know your name and mine is Tony

I could tell she was real she was not dressed up too phony

Sitting drinking coffee she said they think I'm the real thing

They treat me as good as Elvis and Elvis was the King

You've seen the bald bass player that I refer to as my daddy

That is one big fat lie I went to school in Glenamaddy

She said tomorrow my contract ends I am about to leave

My manager is too demanding, dishonest and a thieve

She said for fifteen years I've traveled many a country road

I'm not hooked on drugs or booze but my head wants to explode

I've had many record offers but they somehow fell through

And when guitar players got good they always left the crew

I've had hundreds of offers of marriage but I have no remorse

Many of them were drunks it would have wound up in divorce

I am tired of all the honky tonks and all the red neck bars

Driving hundreds of miles at night and sleeping in dirty cars

People who know me think I lead a glamorous exciting life

I envy my sister in Tuam who has children and no strife

For over three hundred nights a year I put on a country show

I'm longing to see friends in Glen or to go to Ballymoe

So I'm packing it in no matter what my manager will say

I'm going to have my dinner in Ireland next Christmas Day

She was one in a million within five minutes I just knew

That in this crazy world like this girl there were very few

She had used her singing talent and almost reached the top

She wanted to return to real life and she knew when to stop.

I proposed to her six nights later in the Bronx on Jerome

We both went home that Christmas to meet all the folks at home

Many of our friends know about her but we live low key

But she surprises most people when she sings at Karaoke