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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Only Just This Once
| Name    = Only Just This Once
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Riverscuomo aloneviii.jpg
| Type    = outtake
| Caption  = ''Alone VIII''' cover art
| Artist  = Weezer
| Type    = Demo
| Recorded = 2002-2004<br>
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Recorded = [[2002]]—[[2004]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| RC#      =  
| RC#      =  
| COR#    = 409
| COR#    = 409
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| Status  = Demos circulating
| Status  = Demo circulating
| Misc =
{{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Cover art
| Type = Demo
| Cover = Riverscuomo-aloneix.jpg
| Lower caption = ''Alone IX'' cover art
}}
}}
'''"Only Just This Once"''' is an unreleased Weezer song originally recorded as a demo for ''[[Make Believe]]''.  
}}
'''"Only Just This Once"''' is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in contention for {{PN|Weezer}} fifth album (what would eventually become ''[[Make Believe]]'').
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
The song was demoed by the band multiple times from [[2002]] to [[2004]]. Ultimately it ended up on the B-List of demos for ''[[Make Believe]]''.
"Only Just This Once" was composed by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in late [[2002]]. The song was likely demoed as a band on one known occasion.<ref name="rechist14" /> Cuomo continued demoing the song throughout 2004, relegating it to his "B-list" of demos as of late February 2004. The song was, apparently, scrapped thereafter.
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||409&nbsp;&nbsp;short verse long chorus.mp3|[[November 8]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14">[[Recording_History_-_Page_14|Weezer Recordings History - Page 14]]</ref>||3:41|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||409&nbsp;&nbsp;shortest edit.mp3|[[November 8]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />||2:49|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]](?)|Only Just This Once||[[November 19]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}


{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Only Just This Once||[[December 19]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist15">[[Recording_History_-_Page_15|Weezer Recordings History - Page 15]]</ref>||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Only Just This Once|14 409 Only Just This Once.mp3|[[February 4]]<ref name="rechist15">—[[February 20]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:51|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===2004-02-20 SIR version===
<poem>I love my friends
<poem>
I love my friends
They will cry when
They will cry when
I die or go insane
I die or go insane
There is no one I blame
There is no one I blame
 
I don't worry
I don't worry when I hurry home
When I hurry home
Over the road
Over the road


And I don't want to die like that
And I don't want to die like that
Close your eyes and turn your back
Close your eyes and turn your back
Only this once
Only just this once
I'll cry, I'll cry
I'll die, I'll cry


I love these girls
I love these girls
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I don't need for nothing
I don't need for nothing
All these pains are soothing
All these pains are soothing
 
I don't worry
I don't worry when I hurry home
When I hurry home
Over the road
Over the road


'Cause I don't want to die like that  
'Cause I don't want to die like that  
Close your eyes and turn your back
Close your eyes and turn your back
Only this once
Only just this once
I'll cry, I'll cry
I'll cry, I'll cry


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I die or go insane
I die or go insane
There is no one I blame
There is no one I blame
 
I don't worry
I don't worry when I hurry home
When I hurry home
Over the road
Over the road


And I don't want to die like that
And I don't want to die like that
Close your eyes and turn your back
Close your eyes and turn your back
Only this once
Only just this once
I'll cry, I'll cry
I'll cry, I'll cry</poem>
</poem>
 
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of unreleased Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]