The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Lyrics

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Cover art for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face lyrics by Roberta Flack

The perfect love song, charting the progress of a love that took over this person. Quite perfect. Although Roberta Flack sings this, it is equally applicable to both men and women.

The first time, ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars Were the gifts you gave To the dark, and the endless skies

This is love at first sight is it not? She is dazzling, stunning as creation itself.

And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth move in my hands Like the trembling heart Of a captive bird That was there, at my command, my love

This is what love should be like. Yet so few of us would have experienced what has been conveyed in these lyrics. It's also about a power the singer has in this relationship and how he guards and treasures the most precious life in his hand .

And the first time, ever I lay with you I felt your heart so close to mine And I knew our joy Would fill the earth And last, til the end of time, my love

Enough said. Simply perfection.

The first time, ever I saw Your face, your face Your fa-ace, your face