First Time
Lyrics
Vance Joy
Written by: James Keogh
Produced by: Ryan Hadlock, Edwin White, James Keogh
Come over to my house, jump in the neighbor's pool,
That felt nice, it felt so nice
And it was getting dark, you wrapped your long legs around me,
I held on tight
Lying in my bed, the unfamiliar sheets were so cool on your skin
When your daddy called, said you were at a friend's
And we walked the long way home
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
Breathe me with your hands, show me a safe place
And I'll come down, yeah I'll come down
Can you recognize the look upon my face?
It's on my lips, it's in my eyes
This vow will never break, won't you say it one more time?
Won't you say my name, won't you say my name?
This vow will never break, won't you say it one more time?
Won't you say, say my name?
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest, the first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest, the first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
That felt nice, it felt so nice
And it was getting dark, you wrapped your long legs around me,
I held on tight
Lying in my bed, the unfamiliar sheets were so cool on your skin
When your daddy called, said you were at a friend's
And we walked the long way home
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
Breathe me with your hands, show me a safe place
And I'll come down, yeah I'll come down
Can you recognize the look upon my face?
It's on my lips, it's in my eyes
This vow will never break, won't you say it one more time?
Won't you say my name, won't you say my name?
This vow will never break, won't you say it one more time?
Won't you say, say my name?
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
Going on my first impression, I recall you wearing white
There was something sweet in the air, babe, that summer night
There will always be another time for us to fall in love
But it never cuts you quite as deep as that first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest, the first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest, the first time
You'll find out that the deepest cut is the first time
The first times always cut the deepest
Song facts
"It was a song I started writing in 2012 and I didn't think much of it and put it away and I was reading A Moveable Feast, a Hemingway novel, and he refers to a friend hearing a story for the first time and hearing it having an impact on him, totally getting into the story, and then hearing that same story told a bunch of times afterwards but though the telling gets better and better the feeling is never the same, and I like that idea, so I pinched that idea for the song. Then it was a phone recording I had lying around. I needed something extra for it and I liked the idea of the first cut is the deepest. I used it to write a chorus that had some bite." - Vance Joy
