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Once Is Enough

(Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett)


Copyright Williamson Music Co.


Recorded for the film "Kissing Cousins"


Soundtrack recording for MGM - Kissin' Cousins - September 29-30, 1963 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
- October 10, 1963 - MGM Studios - Culver City

 September 29, 7 pm-2 am

Studio matrix: 2004-03(tr) - RCA matrix: RPA3 0222-03 - Rhythm track

Overdub session for the soundtrack recording for MGM - Kissin' Cousins - October 10, 1963 - MGM Soundstage - Hollywood - California

 Studio matrix: 2004-03(tr) - RCA matrix: RPA3 0222-07 - Vocal overdub
April 1964 LP RCA LSP 2894 Kissin' Cousins





All you got is one life
Living once can be rough
But if you live every day all the way
Once is enough


You can own just one suit
Worn and torn at the cuff
But if you're livin' the life that you love
Once is enough


What's the good of reaching ninety
If you waste eighty-nine
You got one life so live it
If you don't it's a crime


* Life's a .. playful puppy
You can grab by the scruff
And if you live every sec' what the heck
Once is enough


Never wait until tomorrow
What if it never comes
Life is a seven layer
Don't you settle for crumbs


* Repeat
And if you live every sec' what the heck
Once is enough
And if you live every sec' what the heck
Once is enough 





Stanard tuning.
Intro:
     G   Ab
e||--3-/-4--------3-/-4--------3-/-4--------||
B||--3-/-4--------3-/-4--------3-/-4--------||
G||--4-/-5--------4-/-5--------4-/-5--------||   Repeat this during the song.
D||--5-/-6--------5-/-6--------5-/-6--------||
A||--5-/-6--------5-/-6--------5-/-6--------||
E||--3-/-4--------3-/-4--------3-/-4--------||

                   Ab
    All you got is one life
                       Ab
    Living once can be rough
               Bb                         Eb  (Tacet)
    But if you live every day all the way
                   Ab
    Once is enough

    You can own just one suit
    Worn and torn at the cuff
    But if you're livin' the life that you love
    Once is enough
    Ab                          C
    What's the good of reaching ninety
                 F
    If you waste eighty-nine
        Bb
    You got one life so live it
    Eb
    If you don't it's a crime

    Life's a playful puppy
    You can grab by the scruff
    And if you live every sec' what the heck
    Once is enough
    Never wait until tomorrow
    What if it never comes
    Life is a seven layer
    Don't you settle for crumbs
    Life's a playful puppy
    You can grab by the scruff
    And if you live every sec' what the heck
    Once is enough
    And if you live every sec' what the heck
    Once is enough
    And if you live every sec' what the heck
    Once is enough