LOBO - I'M THE ONLY ONE

I'M THE ONLY ONE

LOBO

SONGWRITER: LAVOIE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: INTRODUCING LOBO

LABEL: BIG TREE RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1971

 

          Roland Kent LaVoie (born July 31, 1943), better known by his stage name Lobo, is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love", gave Lobo four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.

         Introducing Lobo is the debut album by Lobo, released in 1971 on Big Tree Records.

           The album peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200 on its first release. It was re-released in 1973 and peaked at #163 on the said chart. "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top 40 hit. It also became his first #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it topped for 2 consecutive weeks on May 1971.

Trees are things that move

And tell you when the wind blows

Flowers are things that bloom

And tell you when the winter goes

Sand is a thing that tells you when

To empty your shoes

And I'm the only one

You tell all this to

 

Ralph is your cat who tells you that

He's got to go outside

Jane is your friends who tells you when

You ought not to cry

I know Boo she knows when you are

Feeling blue

But I'm the only one

You tell all this to

I'm the only one

You tell all this to

 

Fear is a word you hear

All alone in the dark

Fun is a day in the sun

With Ralph in the park

Happy's the time you find

A love that is true

And I'm the only one

Kathy tells all this to

I'm the only one

You tell all this to.