“No More One Days” was inspired by a real couple I became friends with through the hospital world (I'm in the medical field). The husband was critically ill and waiting on a heart transplant and going through a long recovery, and one day he told his wife, “One day we’ll finally take that trip to Nashville.” She looked at him and basically said, “No more one days.”
That hit me because it wasn’t really about Nashville, it was about realizing how easy it is to keep putting life off until suddenly time feels fragile. The song lives in that hospital-room tension between fear, hope, exhaustion, and gratitude. Instead of focusing on tragedy, it turns toward urgency and choosing to live now while you still can.
The core message is simple: stop waiting for “someday” to start living.
I will likely write two versions. One for them and to keep it honest to their story. A second version will be more commercial. So, in the end I really want it to be a great song. Feedback requested would be to keep that in mind and don't hold back.
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No More One Days
Words & Music by Gene Loveland & Cherry Ng
Verse 1
He looked like bad news lying there
like something broke beyond repair
Doctors in and out all day, machines beeping away
She says when you’re up to it
We can finally take that trip
He says yeah… maybe one day
Pre-Chorus
She watched him like time was thin
Thousand memories come rushin in
One breath away from losin’ it
Tryin’ to hold it all in
Chorus
No more one days, no more somedays
No more sayin’ we’ll get around to it
You’re still breathin’
That’s enough reason
To start livin’ right now
No more one days
Verse 2
Same sterile room, watchin’ that line
As it rises and falls in time
Every breath a climb
Tryin’ to buy a little time
She pulls that chair in close again
Another night she stays with him
She says “ I ain’t afraid,” Even though we don’t know the way
Bridge
We keep talkin about one day soon
Like time ain’t slipping out that room
Right now is all we ever get
So hold on it ain’t over yet
Final Chorus
No more one days, no more somedays
No more sayin’ we’ll get around to it
You’re still breathin’
That’s enough reason
To start livin’ right now
No more one days
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Hey there Gene!. Nice job! I love the title. I think you’re really on the right track here. And of course, the cause and/or idea behind it is awesome. Keep it up, and thanks for sharing!
May 22, 2026
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Shane Trepeaux
Hey there Gene!. Nice job! I love the title. I think you’re really on the right track here. And of course, the cause and/or idea behind it is awesome. Keep it up, and thanks for sharing!
May 22, 2026
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