Story Behind The Song
We wanted to do a song like something you'd hear on Peter Gunn.
Song Description
Picture it: Hoboken, New Jersey in 1958 where everything is in black and white. There's a smoke filled jazz club and the the vocalist dressed in a long sequin gown picks up the microphone, cues the pianist, and starts to sing....Just Once.
| Song Length |
2:19 |
Genre |
Pop - Standards, Jazz - Standards |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Relaxed |
Subject |
Falling in Love, Love at First Sight |
| Similar Artists |
Doris Day, Adele |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
JUST ONCE
Sometimes ordinary people
Can lead ordinary lives
As they go about their routine in a daze
I can understand their reasons
But perhaps there's something
I don't know
Can an solitary person
Wo is searching for romance
Find an isolated someone
Just like me?
I can't be the only one
Odds are more than two to one
That this lost and lonely feeling
Just can't be
Just Once
Wishing someone comes my way
Always hoping for the chance
Loving me enought to stay
Just Once
Dreaming of his tender lips
Losing myself in his eyes and
Knowing I just can't resist
Wishing all the time for someone
Waiting for that special sign
Then I saw him in the shadows
Now I want to make him mine
Just Once
Acting on an inside hunch
Clinging to my every whim and
Holding on again
Just Once
Holding on again
Just Once