The First Time

I was nervous the first time she let me
In the back of her Daddy’s old car
Both wishing we had a road map
‘Cause we’d never been quite that far
The first time I promised forever
To honor, to love and obey
An old matrimonial soldier
Said, “Son, it don’t always work out that way”
But the first time’s the one you remember
No matter how good it gets
People tell you practice makes perfect
But the first time’s the one time
No one forgets
I can still taste that first shot of whiskey
And the first time I got really high
I said to myself, “This is livin’ ”
Next day I thought I had died
And I remember the first time she left me
Waking up in a cold, empty bed
The first time I’d ever been speechless
With so much I wished I’d said
The first time’s the one you remember
No matter how good it gets
People tell you practice makes perfect
But the first time’s the one time
No one forgets
Life’s made up of surprises
No telling what Fortune will bring
But as long as we keep moving forward
There’s a first time for everything
And the first time you become a believer
In the hope there’s a heaven above
Is when Death lays a hand on the shoulder
Of someone you truly have loved
Rolling down Life’s highway
Driven by hunger and thirst
I keep telling myself to remember
Treat every time like the first
Cause the first time’s the one you remember….