First Loves - Original Song Ballad by Unsigned Artist, Folk Singer-Songwriter

I was inspired to write a song with personal lyrics after watching Neil Youngs enchanting performances, especially his ballads where he connects to his audience in this way. First Loves was a no holds attempt to capture the experience of being with someone I adored but was blind to how much. When you are young you think these things will happen many times over, but it is only later you ask yourself if maybe it never happens again.

Certainly First Loves can only happen once after which while love does come around, it can never truly be like that of a journey that was also imbibed with innocence, itself a catalyst for something really special.

First Loves

You were my first love
But I didn’t know it at the time
It’s such a cliché to be saying it now
But it must have been love at first sight

You knew your own mind
And such a beautiful young girl too
You caught my eye from across the room
And then you smiled as you passed me by


You were like the female lead
From a Bernardo Bertolluci Film
I played guitar in a local band
Who were tryin’ to get a record deal

I remember our first date
Was a 24 hour race meet
And we rode rides at the fairground
Watching wheels glow red in the night

You were my first love
But I didn’t know it then
The sad thing about a first love
Is first loves never happen again

We had our fights and problems
While we tried to work things out
My mother she had passed away
And strange words were coming out of my mouth

My daddy drunk himself to death
He turned me into a man
And you tried to help rebuild a family home
You were a girl becoming a woman

You were my first love
But I didn’t know it then
The sad thing about a first love
Is first loves never happen again

I’ve been looking back down the road
Now you have kids of your own
You married a man who could love you right
And together built a beautiful home

But I will never forget
The first kiss that we had
Under the shadow of that ferris wheel
The weekend after we first met

First loves never happen again x 4