The Real Lyrics to One Lonely Room

[Hedge]

I don't know how many people care about this, and out of those I'm sure they're are still fewer that can do anything about it, but the lyrics to "One Lonely Room" in the songs database is incorrect. Jimmy did not sing the version by Jeff Heyward, but Michael Martin Murphy. I searched all over the internet for "official" lyrics, but since the song was actually only recorded once off the Kenny Rogers' album "Ballad of Calico," (which I don't have), I listened to the recording again and transcribed it myself:

I pay the rent,
Came and I went.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.

Restless and tired,
Used to sit by the fire.
I build my empire
In one lonely room.

Some say a mansion’s much too small
When I tremble, I can touch all the walls
In one lonely room.
One lonely room.

Well, now, ladies like space,
But they can’t rustle lace.
There’s no staircase
When you’re in one lonely room.

And one girl came here,
But her love turned to fear.
Thoughts get too clear
When you’re in one lonely room.

Loose and alive, she touched my skin.
Laughed when she found I did not extend
Beyond one lonely room.
One lonely room.

So when you build your house,
You got to build it yourself.
It’s your heaven and your hell
But it’s just one lonely room.

When you move in, you got to think of it then
Kitchen and carpet in one lonely room.
But ou can’t survive if your mind’s too small
Take it from me, yes, ‘cuz I did it all
In one lonely room.
One lonely room.
In one lonely room
I did it all in one lonely room

I pay the rent,
Came and I went.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.

[LonePalm1]

Thanks... The lyrics are also available in the song database..

http://www.buffettnews.com/songh563_one.html

as well as lyrics to all (as far as we all know) the songs jimmy has done over the years.

[phjim]

Thanks Hedge - I've posted the version you've transcribed.

[conched]

I don't know how many people care about this, and out of those I'm sure they're are still fewer that can do anything about it, but the lyrics to "One Lonely Room" in the songs database is incorrect. Jimmy did not sing the version by Jeff Heyward, but Michael Martin Murphy. I searched all over the internet for "official" lyrics, but since the song was actually only recorded once off the Kenny Rogers' album "Ballad of Calico," (which I don't have), I listened to the recording again and transcribed it myself:

I pay the rent,
Came and I went.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.

Restless and tired,
Used to sit by the fire.
I build my empire
In one lonely room.

Some say a mansion’s much too small
When I tremble, I can touch all the walls
In one lonely room.
One lonely room.

Well, now, ladies like space,
But they can’t rustle lace.
There’s no staircase
When you’re in one lonely room.

And one girl came here,
But her love turned to fear.
Thoughts get too clear
When you’re in one lonely room.

Loose and alive, she touched my skin.
Laughed when she found I did not extend
Beyond one lonely room.
One lonely room.

So when you build your house,
You got to build it yourself.
It’s your heaven and your hell
But it’s just one lonely room.

When you move in, you got to think of it then
Kitchen and carpet in one lonely room.
But ou can’t survive if your mind’s too small
Take it from me, yes, ‘cuz I did it all
In one lonely room.
One lonely room.
In one lonely room
I did it all in one lonely room

I pay the rent,
Came and I went.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.
My life was spent
In one lonely room.

Great to find this post about One Lonely Room...I just pulled out my copy of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition Present The Ballad of Calico and listened to One Lonely Room.

Thanks to phjim for keeping the database

http://www.buffettnews.com/resources/songs/?song=563

[conched]

More about One Lonely Room which was sung by Jimmy during the 1974 Exit In Show in Nashville and by Kenny Rogers on Ballad of Calico in 1972. It was written by Michael Martin Murphy and Jimmy's version is the one most easily found.

From a thread popcorn jack started in 2009:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=67924

[conched]

I wonder if One Lonely Room is one of the songs that Jimmy might include on Buried Treasures?