It Only Happens Once Lyrics - Burnin' In The Woodhouse - Milt Jackson

It only happens once, 

I'll never feel that thrill again, 

It only happens once, 

Why couldn't I have known it then? 

Since I lost you, dear one, 

Nothing seems to be the same, 

I tried hard but it's no use, 

My heart won't play the game. 

It only happens once, 

I realize that now is past, 

And I was such a dunce, 

Because I couldn't make it last. 

Why go on pretending? 

I just can't love someone new. 

It only happens once, 

And for me that once was you!