Well, she didn't look as pretty as some others I have known And she wasn't good at conversation when we were alone But she had a way of making me believe that I belonged And it felt like coming home ... when I found her 'Cause she seemed to be so proud of me just walking holding hands And she didn't think that money was the measure of a man And we seemed to fit together when I held her in my arms And it left me feeling warm ... when I loved her 'Cause she brightened up the day like the early morning sun And she made what I was doing seem worthwhile It's the closest thing to living that I guess I've ever known And it made me want to smile ... when I loved her I know some of us were born to cast our fortune to the winds And I guess I'm bound to travel down a road that never ends But I know I'll never look upon the likes of her again And I'll never understand ... why I lost her

Well I remember when I was Young the World had just begun and I was Happy I used to wonder about the Earth and how it moved around the Sun so Snappy Imagination goin wild makes a very backward child they told me So back at school Id sit around just waitin for the Sound so I could go Home Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was young how one and Thripence got ya to the Movies To look Tough we'd Lite a Smoke and very nearly Choke but we had a real good time Growin older Meant you get to fly a saber Jet and fight a few wars So id just sit there all day and let my mind decay somethin awful Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was Young I had a secret love who never knew it Well id do tricks upon my bike that never turned out right I allways blew it And the day we had to part I had a broken heart but couldnt let on So I spent my Holidays just thinkin of the ways I must be goin Wrong Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now SOLO Well I remember when I was young the Beatles turned me on I really blew my mind And we'd carry Jack and Pam we'd go and watch a band and have a real good time Then I heard the Blackmans blues they really blew a fuse inside my head So with some friends we made a stand and Formed our first Blues Band it was a real good thing Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was Young Well I remember when I was Young I Surely do Well I remember when I was Young Well I remember when I was Young I Surely do

Look at the two of you dancin' that way Lost in the moment and each other's face So much in love, you're alone in this place Like there's nobody else in the world I was enough for her not long ago I was her number one, she told me so And she still means the world to me, just so you know So be careful when you hold my girl Time changes everything, life must go on And I'm not gonna stand in your way But I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it's still hard to give her away I loved her first How could that beautiful woman with you Be the same freckle face kid that I knew The one that I read all those fairytales to And tucked into bed all those nights And I knew the first time I saw you with her It was only a matter of time I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it's still hard to give her away I loved her first From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep Someday you might know what I'm goin' through When a miracle smiles up at you I loved her first