In my time,
I've watched my friends become lovers
I've had to learn to live
my life on my own
For so 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 shaken.
This is the first time I feel I belong.
This is the first time I 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