Obviously, this one requires no translation, but we could hardly leave it out. The song was originally released by Neil Sedaka in 1959 and the lyrics make reference to the titles of popular songs from the late 1950s: ‘Lonesome Town,’ ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’ ‘Bye Bye Love,’ ‘A Fool Such as I,’ and ‘I Cried a Tear.’ I’d never heard the song before, so I was surprised to learn that it was a smash hit across Europe in 1979 when Eruption released their cover of it. Who knew.
Vocals: Eruption (1979)
Composition & Lyrics: Jack Keller & Hank Hunter | Originally by: Neil Sedaka
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues
Choo, choo train a-chuggin’ down the track
Gotta travel on, ain’t never comin’ back
Ooh got a one way ticket to the blues
Bye, bye love my baby’s leavin’ me
Now lonely teardrops are all that I can see
Ooh got a one way ticket to the blues
Gonna take a trip to lonesome town
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel
A fool such as I there never was
I cry a tear so well
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues
Choo, choo train a-chuggin’ down the track
Gotta travel on, ain’t never comin’ back
Ooh got a one way ticket to the blues
Choo, choo train a-chuggin’ down the track
Gotta travel on, ain’t never comin’ back
Ooh got a one way ticket to the blues
Ooh got a one way ticket to the blues
Gonna take a trip to lonesome town
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel
A fool such as I there never was
I cried a tear so well
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues
Choo, choo train chuggin’ down the track
Gotta travel on, never comin’ back
Oh, oh got a one way ticket to the blues
Oh, oh got a one way ticket to the blues
Oh, oh got a one way ticket to the blues
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