no one else
words and music by bob padgett
November, 2004—Stony Brook, NY
©2004 clamchop creative studio

for my two strands—how desperately i need and love you both


no one else has known me
  no one else has tried
no one else can draw me out
  when my heart's inclined to hide
no one else perceives all
  that i have locked inside
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you
who could ever hypnotize
  mesmerize, entrance
who but you could steal away
  my heart with just one glance
no one else could know me
  quite the way you do
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you

no one else has touched me
  so deeply at my core
no one else has made a man
  so rich when he was poor
no one else has crept into
  my heart like this before
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you
who could ever probe the depths
  of all i have inside
who but you could love me still
  with all i have to hide
no one else could touch me
  quite the way you do
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you

no one else has loved me
  and tended sweet my heart
no one else could care for me
  as though it were an art
no one else will still be there
  when our eyes are growing dark
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you
who would ever lay their life
  joyfully aside
who but you would give it all
  that we'd be groom and bride
no one else could love me
  quite the way you do
no one else, no
  no one else
no one else but you