One Thing Songtext
von Jonathan Groff

One thing
I came out here for one thing
And that little bitty one thing
Was to forget about you

But I guess I′ve learned something
That there's never really one thing
′Cause pretty quickly one thing
Evolves into two
Or three
Or more


For example
See the light
In the hallway
It was always flickering
Ever since
I was little
It was always flickering
After three days here
It was unbearable
My list grew
Two, fix the light bulb
And one
Forget about you

Drove to town
Bought a bulb
One of those new LEDs
Brought it home
Put it in
But the wires weren't connecting
Suddenly they went on the fritz
My list grew
Three, rewire the ceiling
Two, fix the light bulb
And one
Forget about you


So I went
To the attic
And to my utmost delight
There it is
Black mold
Killing us slowly each night
And I feel it's my duty to remove it
My list grew
Four, kill the black mold
Three, rewire the ceiling
Two, fix the light bulb
And one
Forget about you

Yeah, but my one thing
Is really just– (I′m not done!)

See the tarp
In the hallway
That used to be a gallery wall
Lots of pictures
Super classy
Sad I had to make the call
But
In scouring for mold, I had to take the place apart
Because sometimes to solve a problem, you follow it back to the start

Oh! Who′s that?

No one!
It just does that when it rains

When I tried
To rebuild
The wall that I'd taken down
I discovered
Two holes
Burrowed right into the ground
And I didn′t have the heart to kill 'em so my list grew

But then!
The cement
That I found
To fill in the gaping holes
Wasn′t good
It didn't stick
Apparently cement can get old?
In trying to fix one thing I made everything worse

My list grew
Nine, buy new cement!
Eight, take care of this duck I found!
Seven, clean out the pipes for the bathroom and the kitchen
Six, rebuild the wall
Five, keep out the pests
Four, kill the black mold
Three, rewire the ceiling
Two, fix the light bulb!
And one
Forget about you

I think it′s lovely
To see you fix up this old house
Because you want it to be
Nice for your family

But I think maybe you're obsessing
Over things you can control
Hoping to control
Your feelings for-

What?! No, no no no no no no no no no

So you came here (these things need to get done– okay, okay, just- just-)
Looking for one thing (just stop moving towards me just stay on your side of the room)
And you're saying that one thing (okay, so we can talk this out)
Was to forget about me (no, listen, no, listen-)

If my Moms are gonna be so nice to have me out here

Well, all I am asking (and respect my need to be alone during this)
Is for you to do the first thing (really insane, crazy, impossible time of my life)
Which could also be the last thing (the absolute least I could do is, you know, just– just go around and- and-)
That you do with me (and- and- destroy their house)

After tonight you′ll never hear from me again- if that′s what you want!
Everything we need to fix our marriage is inside this envelope
I'm asking for one chance

We′ll do this one thing
It is the first thing
We're doing together
Since–

I found out you were not who I thought you were (you left without saying a word)

We′ll do this one thing
It could be the last thing