Lyrics

ONE REASON TO LOVE

I’ll scratch your back honey,
You scratch mine--
Seems a worthy arrangement
One that could stand the test of time
I’ll stand by your side, darlin’
Come here and stand by mine
How’s that feel now?
Seems an elegant design...

I don’t mind serving you
I am down on my knees
Your head cocked back
Your eyes closed,
I love watching you receive
You give to me in so very many ways
It’s your turn now--
I’ve finally learned how
The game is played...

There’s just one reason to love
There’s just one reason to love
There’s just one reason to love
I finally see babe,
It ain’t about what comes back to me,
No...

Kick my ass if I don’t remember every day
Carve me up like turkey
Throw these ragged bones away
I’ve tried every other formula
They always come up dry
But to give it all –
That’s the one I never tried!

There’s just one reason to love
There’s just one reason to love
There’s just one reason to love
It ain’t about me, babe
It’s gotta be what we both can be

I am no longer on the top of the mountain looking down
Seems all I got up there was a head full of clouds
It’s a cozy illusion
A cockeyed delusion
Just me, myself, and I --
Broken record spinning round
When’s it gonna stop?
When I’m buried in the ground!
Call the cops
I’m sick and tired of my own sound
Finally got a shot—
It feels kind of profound

Take this thought now as my pledge that I hold true
One guiding principle for all that we may do
There is nothing baby, that we cannot get through
You give to me
And in return I give to you

One reason to love
One reason to love
One reason to love

Baby, all we gotta do:
You give to me and I’ll give to you

There’s just one reason to love
(We’re gonna spend our lives together)
One reason to love
(It’s how we’re gonna make it last a lifetime)

There’s just one reason to love
One reason to love
One reason to love...

Words and Music by Richard Baskin