One in a Million

My mother, she is worried
With reasons
I ain't got no cash, I
Ain't got no bright future

Mother, don't you worry
I said to her
My words and my guitar will
Bring me the fame I deserve

But the truth is
I'm a soldier
In a war where everybody just wants to earn
The dimmed light of attention where they hurt

I am just one in a million
With my tunes and dreams in my eyes
If you ever remember me
Just know that it ain't sad

To be one in a million
Shining with all those other stars
If no one ever remembers me
I'll sit down
To listen where you hurt

I gather all my stories
Even the worst
Then try some rhymes and
Fail till it sticks together

My feelings both a blessing
And a strange curse
I say, I cry sometimes but this
Sometimes may last forever

And the truth is
I'm not better
Than anyone at moving hearts still I want to earn
The dimmed light of attention where I hurt

I am just one in a million
With my tunes and dreams in my eyes
If you ever remember me
Just know that it ain't sad

To be one in a million
Shining with all those others stars
If no one ever remembers me
I'll sit down
To listen where you hurt
To listen where I hurt
To listen where we hurt

I am just one in a million
With my tunes and dreams in my eyes
If you ever remember me
Just know that it ain't sad

To be one in a million
Shining with all those other stars
If no one ever remembers me
I'll sit down
To listen with my heart