Carolyn Arends - The One Who Loved You First (Acoustic Performance of an Unreleased Original)
Published at : November 01, 2021
Carolyn Arends offers an iPhone acoustic performance of an unreleased original song, written shortly after the death of her mother: "The One Who Loved You First."
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The One Who Loved You First
Carolyn Arends
(correct lyrics - a bit different from the ones sung live)
When I was just becoming, right back at the very start
I’m guessing my first music was the beating of her heart
What a song that must have been
What a song that must have been
Then when I made my arrival, I was placed in her embrace
So my eyes first learned to focus on the contours of her face
What a sight I must have seen
What a sight I must have seen
I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the only one you knew before your birth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
The first time that I scraped my knee in early childhood years
She cleaned me up and bandaged me and kissed away my tears
Then she taught me how to laugh
Yeah, she taught me how to laugh
And when I was trying to find my way and make it through my teens
Whenever I was too afraid to reach out for my dreams
She believed on my behalf
Yeah, she believed on my behalf
And I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the greatest fan you have upon the earth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
Maybe it would not hurt so quite so bad if we hadn’t loved so much
Grief is such a heavy tax that we must pay for love
Still I’ll be forever glad she was my mother
And I will not count this sorrow as a curse
‘Cause it’s only right you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
Yeah I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the only one you knew before your birth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
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Get a new song video each week with The Weekly Arends Digest: https://www.carolynarends.com/weekly-digest
The One Who Loved You First
Carolyn Arends
(correct lyrics - a bit different from the ones sung live)
When I was just becoming, right back at the very start
I’m guessing my first music was the beating of her heart
What a song that must have been
What a song that must have been
Then when I made my arrival, I was placed in her embrace
So my eyes first learned to focus on the contours of her face
What a sight I must have seen
What a sight I must have seen
I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the only one you knew before your birth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
The first time that I scraped my knee in early childhood years
She cleaned me up and bandaged me and kissed away my tears
Then she taught me how to laugh
Yeah, she taught me how to laugh
And when I was trying to find my way and make it through my teens
Whenever I was too afraid to reach out for my dreams
She believed on my behalf
Yeah, she believed on my behalf
And I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the greatest fan you have upon the earth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
Maybe it would not hurt so quite so bad if we hadn’t loved so much
Grief is such a heavy tax that we must pay for love
Still I’ll be forever glad she was my mother
And I will not count this sorrow as a curse
‘Cause it’s only right you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
Yeah I guess that is the thing about your mother
She’s the only one you knew before your birth
So I’m pretty sure you never quite recover
When at last you lose the one who loved you first
© running arends music/ASCAP
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