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You're the Only One Who Gets Me

from World is Waiting by Nikki O'Neill

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lyrics

You're the Only One Who Gets Me

You found me at a party in a corner
Uncorked with a label they misread
A finely tuned piano with the lid kept folded down
Gravity, just pulling up ahead

We thanked the scattered host and left her party
Wandered through the city in the night
We saw a busking drummer down on Main Street
And a poet read her stanzas by a light

We were digging through our pockets for two dollars
Loved the poet, but we had to make it fair
Over breakfast at the diner, we sat quiet without cringing
Just taking in the peaceful morning air

It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me

My mother used to call me such a dreamer
She wondered why I live inside my head
When I went home from school, I found the answer
To what happens in the fall when leaves turn red

Now you and I have lived through many seasons
We've grown up and mom ain't here no more
But you take me to the mountains each October
Just to spend one night on a crimson forest floor

It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me

I'm walking home and hear somebody whistle
Old man says: "Lady, where you going? You look fine!"
As the traffic drowns him out, he's still cussing in the distance
Some people spend a lifetime trying to figure out their opening line


It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me

So good to feel free
Don't want to be on guard, just make
A meaningful connection
And you found the key
You're the only one who gets me

Good to feel free
So good to feel free

So good to feel free
So good to feel free
It's good to feel free

credits

from World is Waiting, released October 16, 2020
Music and Lyrics: Nikki O'Neill

Produced by Nikki O’Neill and Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger
Recorded at Hayloft Studios in Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger
Mixed by Ethan Allen at Sun Room Studios in Boaz, AL
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering in Los Angeles, CA

Musicians:
Nikki O’Neill: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Joshua Pessar: rhythm guitar

Rob Fresco: electric bass

Rich Lackowski: drums

Doug Organ: Wurlitzer

Halina Janusz: backing vocals

Lisa Malsberger: backing vocals

Deb Morrison-Littell: backing vocals

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Nikki O'Neill Los Angeles, California

Nikki O’Neill is an Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist. Deeply in love with soul music from an early age, Nikki counts Pops Staples and Teenie Hodges as her guitar heroes.

Nikki’s second solo album, “World is Waiting,” is available now through Blackbird Record Label.

Official website: nikkioneill.com

Photos: Deb Morrison-Littell/Shots by Morrison
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