The First Time

I feel I have to tell you the way it's lately been

Seems that I've been takin' what I thought was givin' in

But now those times are over, I've counted out my friends

For the first time in a long time, I can be myself again

For the first time (first time in a long time)

Oh, the first time (first time in a long time)

I can be myself, oh-woah (ooh)

It came as I was walkin' through the streets of tinsel town

Didn't know just where I'd been, but surely I'd gone down

Well, then I saw the answer and found my own way here

For the first time in a long time, I can see my future clear

For the first time (first time in a long time)

Oh, the first time (first time in a long time)

I can see myself (ooh)

Don't have to try no more, try no more, no, child

First time in a long time

First time in a long time, ooh

In all the time I've taken for everybody else

Thought I gave it all away, kept nothin' for myself

But I have been mistaken, you were with me all the while

For the first time in a long time, I can raise my face and smile

For the first time in a long time

First time in a long time

Ooh (yes, I can be myself)

First time in a long time (for the first time)

First time in a long time

I can be myself, be myself, be myself

It feels so good now

First time in a long time (for the first time)

First time in a long time (ooh, yeah)

Ooh

First time in a long time

First time in a long time

Ooh (yes, I can be myself)

First time in a long time

First time in a long time

Ooh

First time in a long time

First time in a long time

Ooh (I can be myself, oh-woah-woah, yeah)