This Is The First Time - Cilla Black

In my time

I’ve watched my friends become lovers

I’ve had to learn

To live my life on my own

For long I’ve had a troubled mind

But I’ve put that behind

And now I know

This is the first time

I feel I belong

This is the first time

I’ve really been strong

This is the first time

And it’s the last time

Look now you’ll see

All that you mean to me

In my time

I’ve been hung up with the wrong kind

The kind who build your hopes

Then let you down

I’ve lived too long in a shadow

Felt alone even in a crowd

But that’s all gone

This is the first time

I feel I belong

This is the first time

I’ve really been strong

This is the first time

And it’s the last time

Look now you’ll see

All that you mean to me

It seemed I’d lost the thread of living

Everyone taking, no one giving

I turned down advice

I should have taken

But no longer can my dreams be taken

This is the first time

I feel I belong

This is the first time

I’ve really been strong

This is the first time

And it’s the last time

Look now you’ll see

All that you mean to me

This is the first time

I feel I belong

This is the first time

I’ve really been strong

This is the first time

And it’s the last time