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CCrowd gathered 'round a school bus 
G3rd Street and Elm 
AmThe neighbor man said, "Officer 
GI caught it all on film" 
CI watched my little grandson 
GCome so close to death 
FBy that man standin' right there 
DWith liquor on his breath 
CAnother little boy wasn't so lucky 
GHe was lyin' there in the street 
AmHis little lifeless body 
GBeneath the yellow sheet 
WhCile the young man was on the sidewalk 
GGoin' through a sobriety check 
FThe crowd was turnin into a lynch mob 
DWhen he raised up his hands and said
GI only had just one 
DI swear that's the truth 
EmThat kid came outta nowhere 
CThere Dwas nothing I could do 
CI couGldn't swerve I couldn't stop 
CNow Ghere I am asking God
What Amhave I done? 
DI only hGad Cjust one 
CA young momma burst through the crowd 
GAnd pulled back that yellow sheet 
AmCollapsed aGnd started shakin' uncontrollably 
SeCarched until she found that young man 
GWith her shattered eyes 
FThen tore a hole into his soul
DAs she screamed and cried
GI only had just one
DAnd you took him away 
EmI hope this is something 
CYou Drelive everyday 
CYou couldGa swerved and you coulda stopped 
CBut yoGu didn't now look my God
What AmhavDe you done? 
DI onlGy hCad GjCust one 
I oGnly had just one

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Just One

by Lisa Shaffer

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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 outta nowhere

C D

There was nothing I could do

C G

I couldn't swerve I couldn't stop

C G

Now here I am asking God

What have I done?

D G C

I only had just one

A young momma burst through the crowd

And pulled back that yellow sheet

Am G

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 something

C D

You relive everyday

C G

You coulda swerved and you coulda stopped

C G

But you didn't now look my God

Am D

What have you done?

D G C G C

I only had just one

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