Lisa Shaffer - Just One lyrics

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Crowd gathered 'round a school bus

3rd Street and Elm

The neighbor man said

“Officer, I caught it all on film”

I watched my little grandson

Come so close to death

By that man standin' right there

With liquor on his breath

Another little boy wasn't so lucky

He was lyin' there in the street

His little lifeless body

Beneath the yellow sheet

While the young man was on the sidewalk

Goin' through a sobriety check

The crowd was turnin' into a lynch mob

When he raised up his hands and said

“I only had just one

I swear that's the truth

That kid came out of nowhere

There was nothin’ I could do”

“I couldn't swerve, I couldn't stop

Now here I am askin' God

What have I done? I only had just one”

A young momma burst through the crowd

Pulled back that yellow sheet

Collapsed and started shakin' uncontrollably

Searched until she found that young man

With her shattered eyes

Then tore a hole into his soul

As she screamed and cried

“I only had just one

And you took him away

I hope this is somethin'

You relive everyday”

“You could’ve swerved and you could’ve stopped

But you didn't, now look, my God

What have you done? I only had just one

I only had just one”