For Once in My Life - Jimmy Scott, Dee Dee Bridgewater

I hope and I pray that this wall of illusion will all fall one-day, someday

Someday I know I’ll make it happen, someday

I try, yes I am trying

But I’m more afraid of living than I ever was of dying

Am I what I am I am I am lonely I am lost

Searching for a reason no matter what it costs

I need to believe is this all there is to me

Someday x7

Bloody wounds make old scars

No-one said it would be easy, does it have to be so hard

Someday, someday

Someday something good is gonna happen, someday

I try, yes I am trying

But I’m more afraid of giving than I ever was of loving

Am I what I am I am I am lonely I am lost

Searching for a reason no matter what it costs

I need to believe is this all there is to me

No more reason to be shy

No more pain to hold inside

No more fear, no more blame

No more need to compromise