Album: Yes I Am (1993)

Charted: 8

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• Please, baby, can't you see
  My mind's a burnin' hell
  I got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin'
  My heart apart as well
  
  Tonight you told me
  That you ache for somethin' new
  'Cause some other woman is lookin' like something
  That might be good for you
  
  Go on and hold her 'til the screaming is gone
  Go on believe her when she tells you
  Nothing's wrong
  
  But I'm the only one
  Who'll walk across a fire for you
  And I'm the only one
  Who'll drown in my desire for you
  It's only fear that makes you run
  The demons that you're hiding from
  When all your promises are gone
  I'm the only one
  
  Please, baby, can't you see
  I'm trying to explain
  I've been here before and I'm locking the door
  And I'm not going back again
  Her eyes and arms and skin won't make it go away
  You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow
  That holds you down today
  
  Go on and hold her 'til the screaming is gone
  Go on believe her when she tells you
  Nothing's wrong
  
  But I'm the only one
  Who'll walk across a fire for you
  And I'm the only one
  Who'll drown in my desire for you
  It's only fear that makes you run
  The demons that you're hiding from
  When all your promises are gone
  I'm the only one
  
  Go on and hold her 'til the screaming is gone
  Go on believe her when she tells you
  Nothing's wrong
  
  But I'm the only one
  Who'll walk across a fire for you
  And I'm the only one
  Who'll drown in my desire for you
  It's only fear that makes you run
  The demons that you're hiding from
  When all your promises are gone
  I'm the only one
  
  Yeah, yeah
  
  And I'm the only one
  Who'll drown in my desire for you
  It's only fear that makes you run
  The demons that you're hiding from
  When all your promises are gone
  I'm the only one
  
  I'm the only one
  I'm the only one
  Ain't nobody else is gonna love you Writer/s: Melissa Etheridge
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Melinda from West VirginiaI’ve always loved this song. Still do. But it’s now 2023 and the very last line is troubling: “Nobody else is gonna love you.” Those are words often spoken by an abuser.
• Michael from IrelandA song that is gender-neutral should have no pronouns or mention of Gender in the song. To say that I'm the only one is a gender-neutral song is wrong. A gender-neutral (love) song, doesn't have 'she/her' or 'him/he' or mention of a specific gender in it. This song does therefore it isn't gender-neutral. Any gender-neutral songs that I know of have 'me/myself' or 'you/yourself.'
• Chad from Austin, TxIf I may; I'm a guitarist of 35 years playing-all kinds and styles but mostly rock. Rock and roll is about a heart that loves, needs, enjoys, and shouts about everything that is really awesome and beautiful in this world, and that's why Women are such a prolific subject of the genre. Of course Etheridge likes boobs: boobs are SUPER awesome. That's rock and roll and that's what Etheridge does- very freaking well I might add.
• Pat from Virginia Beach, VaI do not agree with the songfact about this being a song from Etheridge's trilogy that includes "Bring Me Some Water" and "Lover Please". Melissa has many, many songs about breakups...certainly more than just three. I do agree with all the comments about love. If you can't get over the fact that Melissa is a lesbian, you don't deserve the privilege of hearing her music!!!
• Dee from New York, OrLove this song. The choice of it's vocabulary accents the extreme desire and passion Melissa had. Sometimes I sang this to my baby. Weird, I know, but it was like I was the one up rocking her to sleep and probably someday she'll choose her Mom as her hero. It is a similar passion....parents also feel like they are "the only one who'll walk across the fire for ya...:
• Rick from Boston, MaI agree Shannon. Love is love, that's it, doesn't matter your gender or your partner's gender. My band covers this song and I love it every time.
• Shannon from Phelan, CaI feel sorry for anyone who changes the way they feel about a song because of the sexual preference that the singer has who is singing the song. Are you really that concerned with what a person does behind their own closed doors that you can't hear the beauty of their music? That's just sad and narrowminded. Melissa Etheridge has some of the deepest lyrics written today. And to label her and her music is simply asinine. Of course, Melissa is laughing all the way to the bank, so I guess it really doesn't matter.
  
• Karen from Crystal Lake, IlI don't think it matters if she is a lesbian. I think this song applies to love no matter your sexual preferance.

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