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 (Oooh)
Oh

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 (Oooh)
Don't have to try no more
No more, child, no

First time in a long time
First time in a long time
Oooh

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
Oooh (Yes, I can be myself)

First time in a long time (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 (First time)
First time in a long time (Ooh, yeah)
Oooh

First time in a long time
First time in a long time
Oooh (Yes, I can be myself)

First time in a long time
First time in a long time
Oooh

First time in a long time
First time in a long time
Oooh (I can be myself)
Oh, oh, oh, yeah