One Chance
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©2007
Found on Here & Now.

One chance
For a true love
If a heart breaks,
Does it break forever?
There'll be no more,
Though you want back together

You soon will start running baby,
I know you will.
Though I've seen it coming lately,
I love you still.
How long must I keep on trying
To change your mind?
How long till there's no denying
We're out of time?

Is there really just,
One chance
At a true love
If a heart breaks,
Does it break forever?
There'll be no more,
Though you want back together.

Is there really just,
One chance
At a new start
But just one glance
Tells you it doesn't matter
So you turn 'round so you
Don't have to face it.

Where are you goin' baby?
Where have you been?
I don't even know you lately,
Let me back in.
I guess I'll just keep on waiting,
It's all I can do.
Feels like the future's fadin' into the blue.

Is there really just,
One chance
At a true love
If a heart breaks
Does it break forever?
There'll be no more
Though you want back together.

Is there really just,
One chance
At a new start
But just one glance
Tells you it doesn't matter
So you turn 'round so you
Don't have to face it.

One chance
For a true love
If a heart breaks
Does it break forever?
There'll be no more
Though you want back together.

Is there really just,
One chance
At a new start
But just one glance
Tells you it doesn't matter
So you turn 'round so you
Don't have to face it.

One chance
At a true love
If a heart breaks
Does it break forever?
There'll be no more
Though you want back together.


Gerry Beckley: “One Chance” is a song I wrote quite a few years ago. In submitting an abundance of material to Adam (Schlesinger) and James (Iha), I’m so glad that they managed to dig this out. It shows you that you sometimes need to mine all the little things you have lying around. And it just may be my favorite song on the whole record. It has a pretty straight forward theme which touches on, “do we really only get this one chance in life?” and how important that is in building relationships.



Last Revised: 17 January 2007