"One by One" the Cars, song lyrics by Ric Ocasek G Em C C | % | % | % | G Em Well I was walking to the edge C C Where decision takes its toll |%| I would never take a pledge But I just might sell my soul C D And I can't face the dreary night C D But I can put up with the haze C D And one by one they pass you by C D The words just waste away...eh...ah, hey... G Em C C | % | G Em I was on my lonely rant C C And I was falling through the freeze |%| Some just will and some just can't And I fractured all my C's C D And frosty windows blur my sight C D And the midnight calms me down C D But one by one they pass me by C D When poor me comes to town...owne... (guitar solo) G Em C C | % |C D|%|%|%| G Em C C |%| Yeah, I was on the different side Where doorsteps line the streets And bedtime stories they wax and wane And rumours are discrete And telltale windows softly lit With purpose they all shout One by one they pass you by On the restless roundabout G Em C C |%| until fade