The Only One - Percy Mayfield

If anyone should wonder why I’m sad and blue

If anyone should ask why I’m alone

Just tell them about the love that broke my heart in two

And that I’m the lonely one from now on

If some good soul should offer me their sympathy

For love that could be had for someone else

I’ll tell them not to waste their precious love on me

Because I’m the lonely one by myself

Oh, why must I cry with a broken heart?

Oh, why must I sigh and moan?

There’s no other love to even play the part

So I guess I’ll just leave them alone

So, if you want to love and have your love return

Just stay away from me and you’ll be free

If I have felt the pain of having real love spun

Now I’m the lonely one, poor me