Here’s a heartbreaking tune about that perennial country music theme: divorce, and who gets the kids. A forlorn dad doesn’t understand why they are breaking up and dreams of getting back together with a wife who is lying to the judge while trying to dump him. This song is obviously for a male singer.
“The Only Time”
By
Scotty and the Skeptics
© Skeptico Music––BMI • WilliamScottMorrison.com
The Only Time
The only time I can fly
Is when I’m in my dreams
And you’re there by my side
Soarin’ in the breeze
The only time I’m with you
You’re right where you should be
And the only time I’m not blue
I’m dreamin’ you’re still with me
Now the only time you talk to me
Is when I write the check
Or when the kids get on the phone
And say Daddy please come back
Then the only thing I can say
Is your Mom does not agree
I love you I wish I were home
Be good for your Mom for me
One day maybe you’ll come to your senses
And say fly back home, honey
You’ll wake up knowin’ it’s been senseless
And we can be a family
The only time you smile at me
Is with your lawyer at your side
Telling you what to say
Coaching every line
Seems the ony thing left to do
Is fight you for the kids
While swear to the judge
About things I never did
One day maybe you’ll come to your senses
And say fly back home, honey
You’ll wake up knowin’ it’s been senseless
And we can be a family
The only time we could fly
Was when we shared our dreams
Laughing side by side
Goin’ barefoot on the beach
Now the only I time I’m not blue
You’re right where you should be
And the only time I’m with you
I’m dreamin’ you’re still with me.
Yeah, the only time I’m not blue
I’m dreamin’ you’re still with me.