I Don't Want To Be The One - Greg Brown

I don’t wanna be the one,

to make you worry, oh no.

I don’t wanna be the one,

to make you cry.

I just wanna be the one,

to see you happy, oh yeah,

even if I gotta be the one,

to say goodbye.

Oh well, darling,

I don’t wanna be the one,

to keep you from living, oh no.

And I don’t wanna be the one,

who seems all wrong.

I just wanna be the one,

to see you loving, and giving,

Ohhh, even if I gotta be the one,

to say so long.

You know it’s a big world,

and it’s a short life,

and time will slip away,

whether we’re crying, or were laughing,

but I’d sure like to see you smile, today.

Oh well, darling now--

I don’t wanna be the one,

who asks for too much.

Oh no.

I don’t wanna be the one,

to make you blue.

I just wanna be the one,

with the right touch.

Oh yeah.

Well, even if I gotta be

the one to say tootle do.

Tootle do, tootle do baby.

I don’t wanna be the one

to say tootle do, my darling.

No, I don’t want to be the one to say it.

Tootle do now.

I don’t wanna be the one.

No, I don’t wanna be the one.