63: I Found a Piece of Happiness to Call My Own

63. "One In a Million You" by Larry Graham {#9; 6/80} [Video: One In a Million You.]

Ah, the deep, resonant voice of Larry Graham!

This is one of the best sing-along songs on the entire HondoJoe Top 200. But, it's not a song you can kinda sorta sing along with. If you are going to sing "One In a Million You," you have to fully commit to it. Singing along to this song demands some volume and some intensity.

When I lived in an apartment I couldn't sing along to this song, for fear of disturbing the neighbors. It wasn't until I bought my first house that I could unleash my full Larry Graham. But then, when my oldest child turned three I had to stop singing it again, for fear that seeing her daddy attempt to hit some of those last intense notes would make her think that I had lost my mind.

So now I can only sing it when I am in my car, preferably with little traffic around.

You see, I love singing to this song! That's probably because of that deep, resonant voice of Larry Graham. With my deep-ish voice, I can actually hit some of the same notes he hits! No, I can't hit all of the notes he hits. I probably don't even hit most of the notes he hits. But, a guy can pretend, right? (And sometimes at a very high rate of volume.)

(It also helps that the lyrics cut a little close to home for me:
     "I was a lonely man with empty arms to fill."
     "I started to believe I'd never find anyone."
     "Doubt had tried to convince me to give in. Said you can't win.")

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