This Is the First Time

[Verse 1]
In my time I've watched my friends become lovers
I've had to learn to live my life on my own
For so long I've had a troubled mind
But I've put that behind
And now I know

[Chorus]
This is the first time
I feel I belong
This is the first time
I've really been strong
This is the first time
And it's the last time

[Post-Chorus]
Look now, you'll see
All that you mean to me

[Verse 2]
In my time I've been hung up with the wrong kind
The kind who build your hopes then let you down
I've lived too long in a shadow
Felt alone even in a crowd
But that's all gone

[Chorus]
This is the first time
I feel I belong
This is the first time
I've really been strong
This is the first time
And it's the last time

[Post-Chorus]
Look now, you'll see
All that you mean to me

[Bridge]
It seemed I'd lost the thread of living
Everyone taking, no one giving
I turned down advice I should have taken
But no longer can my dreams be shaken

[Chorus]
This is the first time
I feel I belong
This is the first time
I've really been strong
This is the first time
And it's the last time

[Post-Chorus]
Look now, you'll see
All that you mean to me

[Outro]
This is the first time
I feel I belong
This is the first time
I've really been strong
This is the first time