"I wanted to wrap up the whole experience of the album somehow in a nice little exclamation mark, and 'When You Find The One' is a very simple song, a simple story about how my life was, what my experiences were. I had many emotional experiences in my life, many relationships, and now I've come to a part of my life, finally, when I'm 42, where I've actually found the one . When you find the one there's no questioning the silence, it's just really simple. It's just a simple statement of truly, truly being in love, and I wanted to end with that." - Melissa Etheridge
I was a slick Midwestern gal On the long hard road into Southern Cal Didn't find any crime In filling up all my time I had the devil in my bones And an angel on my mind And I drank up all the movies And I searched for happy endings I turned love inside out Till I was perfectly pretending Still I believed it could be true
When you find the one There's no questioning the silence All is said and done When you find the one When you find the one
You could say that I was crazy I was that kind of girl I had to open up a lot of oysters Before I found myself a pearl I had to kiss a lot of frogs To find my grass was green enough Had to be face down in the gutter To see what is and isn't love Then I woke from all the dreaming To your taste and to your laughter I cried till I was dry And now I live my ever after I believed I always knew
When you find the one There's no questioning the silence All is said and done When you find the one And when you make the choice To believe in your existence With hello you will know When you find the one
I believed it could be true I believe I always knew