Carole King Just One Thing Lyrics

Just One Thing Lyrics

Holding it together with barely any motion

Like so many motes of dust

My dreams keep stirring in me

But all I see are

Rivers of violence

Running red on the streets below me

While passionate strangers whisper desire

All I know is I'm on fire



I need just one thing I can believe in

Oh, just one thing

Just one thing I can believe in



Hiding in the shadows

I want to stand in the light

Trust is unknown to me

I've been betrayed by the night so long

I can never belong to anyone any more

Why does everybody think they know me

I go through the motions, playing my role

Nobody knows what's deep in my soul



I need just one thing I can believe in

Give me just one thing

Oh, just one thing I can believe in



Love let me down

I wanted to believe that love was the one thing

But every time I turned around, love let me down



In my imagination

I come out of the darkness

The moon in my fantasy smiles down on me

I am a child running wild and free

But then the fight for survival

Takes me out of my illusion

And I'm back in the emptiness, fear and defeat

Trapped in a rhythm I don't want to repeat

The taste of freedom is so close and sweet 

I've just gotta find a way off this dead-end street



I need just one thing I can believe in

I gotta find one thing

Just one thing I can believe in



I need one thing I can believe in

Let me find one thing

Gotta find one thing

Just one thing I can believe in