Who sings these songs?

Question

On Father's Day weekend, I heard two songs on the radio on the way to my dad's house. I don't know the names but I can give you what they were about.
One song was called "The One"... I think. It was about a drunk driver that killed a little boy and he claims that he only had one drink. The mother of the little boy claims she only had one little boy. Can anyone help me???
The other song is about 18 Video Tapes? Who sings it? It is about a man who knows he is going to die so he records everything that a little boy id suppose to learn on 18 Video Tapes.

Can anyone tell me the name of the artists and the title of each song?

Answer 1

1st on is "Just One" by Lisa Shaffer

1st verse

Crowd gathered 'round a school bus
3rd Street and Elm
The neighbor man said, "officer
I caught it all on film"
I watched my little grandson
come so close to death
By that man standin' right there
with liquor on his breath'

2nd verse

Another boy wasn't so lucky
he was lyin' there in the street
his lifeless body
beneath the yellow sheet
while the young man was on the sidewalk
Goin' through a sobriety check
the crowd turnin into a lynch mob
when he raised his hands and said,

Chorus

I only had just one
I swear that's the truth
That kid came out of nowhere
There was nothing I could do
I couldn't swerve I couldn't stop
Now here I am asking GOD
What have I done?
I only had just one

3rd verse

A young momma burst thru the crowd
pulled back the yellow shee
collapsed and started shakin' uncontrollably
searched until she found that young men
with her shattered eyes
she tore a into his soul

tag chourus

I only had just one
and you took him away
i hope this is something
you relive everyday
you coulda swerved you coulda stopped
but you didn't, now look, my god
what have you done?
I only had just one
I only had just one

~~The second one is "18 Video Tapes" by Jason Meadows

One day little Billy said “momma, where’s my dad?”
Fightin’ back the tears she said “I knew one day you’d ask”
She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe
Said “I think you’ll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes”
See the doctors told him he’d be gone before you were born
And it broke his heart to know he’d never hold you in his arms
Determined not to let you grow up learnin from mistakes
He put everything he thought you’d need to know, on 18 video tapes

Like here’s the way you hold a bat,
Be sure to keep that shoulder back
And when you cast that rod and reel,
Well use your wrist its in the field,
Or when you learn to ride your bike
I’ll tell you now that you won’t like those training wheels
But your momma will

That day honest momma showed him one of them a year
Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there
Sometimes he laughed, sometimes he cried
But he always walked away
Havin’ learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes

Like when you shave don’t get too close
Lose the hair but leave the nose
And when your momma gives you my old truck
Don’t drive too fast or ride the clutch
Don’t listen to your buddies son
when the conversation comes to the birds and bees
Just go to tape 18

Well I just need to tell you one more thing before I go
It wont be long you’ll have a little baby of your own
Be there for ‘em every day, no matter what it takes
Even you have to put your love on 18 video tapes

Answer 2

Jason Meadows - 18 Video Tapes

Answer 3

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/meadows-jason/18-video-tapes-21946.html

Answer 4

Social Distortion sang "Ring of Fire" again within the '90s. Love that album. and I feel the following one you are taking into account is "Baby Got Back" via Sir Mix-A-lot the lyrics begin "I like huge butts and I can not lie....."

Answer 5

never heard of either... sounds pretty depressing.