Because

It was a hot summer night

When your eyes first met mine

On that path

Throwing rocks at the river

To help you forget her

You leaned in

I started to laugh

As we walked past my street

Played like I didn’t see

Where we’d gone

Hoping moments would last

Didn’t dare walk too fast

To get home

Forever I’ll think of you

As all the first loves do

You weren’t a heart on loan

Or just some stepping stone

You are the only tie

To who I once was

So babe I can’t say goodbye

To you because…

Then came the fall

Didn’t answer your calls

For a while

But when I picked up the phone

Your voice felt like home

God was in charge of that dial

You looked in me and saw

How to break through my walls of self-defense

And I knew falling in love

Would lead to the end of my innocence

Forever I’ll think of you

As all the first loves do

You weren’t a heart on loan

Or just some stepping stone

You are the only tie

To who I once was

So babe I can’t say goodbye

To you because…