Carter Family – I Never Loved But One lyrics

Onward to the eastern sky
With blueing effort kiss the sea
I sigh in vain for those blue eyes
That have hope and love for me

For they oh they have stole away
The heart that truly once was mine
Like some lone bird without a mate
My weary heart is desolate

I look around but cannot trace
One welcome word or smiling face
In gaping crowds I am alone
Because I never loved but one

Come up closer to me now
Your chestnut hair's been touched with snow
But still it is the same dear face
I loved so well long years ago

The same as on that winter night
You bent to me and kissed my brow
Happy hours of trusting love
Oh well they're all over now

And I must sail the whitening foam
Till I can see a foreign home
Til I forget that fair sweet face
I ne're can find a resting place

I look around but cannot trace
One welcome word or smiling face
In gaping crowds I am alone
Because I never loved but one