Lyrics

[Intro] I live in Texas, but whenever I go to Nashville, I, uh I used to stay at this place called the Shoney's Motel It's now the Best Western and they've changed the whole area, but Used to be the seedy little part of town Right by Music Row, which Some people would say Music Row's the seedy part, but Um, where I was stayin' was actually— the— the actual seedy part Where is the least likely in Nashville not to get robbed And I usеd to stay at this room, 1— room 124 It's this place where thеy— you know, it's a back corner suite It's on the back side of the motel I don't know why I liked it back there, I just did It seemed like a nice place to hang out Try and write, and, uh Just where we stayed, and One night I walked in And it was the very first night, this was a few years ago It was the very first night of this new programming called "reality programming" Which I thought was pretty funny Especially when I saw this show I was watchin' this show called The Bachelor and the whole premise was twenty-five Hot women in one room tryna get with one dude And, uh, I'm— I'll never forget seein' that and thinkin' "Wow, that's reality, huh? Guess I must be out of touch" Twenty-five chicks in one room tryna get with one guy That— That, uh, I don't know where that happens, except, I guess It's entertainment, baby So at the time I was feelin', uh, pretty lucky in the fact that I was falling in love For the, uh, second time with the same woman I was a few years into my marriage And everybody kept tellin' me that there's gonna be upsides and downsides To your marriage, and I was beginning to wonder where the upside was But, this— at this particular point in time, uh I was acctually beginning to see, uh To see that, you know Those old dudes that try and give you unsolicited advice Sometimes if you listen, they They actually are right sometimes, uh So I sat down in my room and I wrote this song during the first dramatic growth ceremony Of the first Bachelor show ever It's not about twenty-five things, it's about one, one thing [Verse 1] I used to be so down and out I used to be so blue Now the only thing I talk about Yeah, the only thing I do Is spin around like a school kid Just off the merry-go-round If I'm dizzy it's 'cause I'm headed To the one good thing I've found [Chorus] The one thing as good as gold Hey, I'm nothing without you to hold Yeah, one thing I know in this world Is I need you to be my girl [Verse 2] I got so good at hiding I couldn't find myself Yeah, but baby, you got me smiling Now I feel like somebody else Yes, you changed my makeup I ain't the same sad clown And ever since you showed up Well, this ain't just the same sad town [Chorus] The one thing as good as gold Hey, I'm nothing without you to hold Yeah, the one thing I know in this world Is I need you to be my girl [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Yeah, the one thing as good as gold Hey, I'm nothing without you to hold Yeah, the one thing I know in this world Is I need you to be my girl Yeah, the one thing as good as gold Hey, I'm nothing without you to hold Yeah, the one thing I know in this world Is I need you, be my girl [Outro] Be my girl You're the one thing You're the one thing You're the one thing