I Loved Her First

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Look at the two of you dancin' that way
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Lost in the moment and each other's face
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So much in love, you're alone in this place
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Like there's nobody else in the world

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I was enough for her not long ago
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I was her number one, she told me so
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And she still means the world to me just so you know
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So be careful when you hold my girl

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Time changes everything, life must go on  And I'm not gonna stand in your way

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I loved her first, I held her first   And a place in my heart  will    always be hers
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From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
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I knew the love of a father runs deep
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And I prayed that she'd find you someday
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But it's still hard to give her away
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I loved her first

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How could that beautiful woman with you   Be the same freckled-face kid that I knew
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The one that I read all those fairytales to  And tucked into bed all those nights
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And I knew the first time I saw you with her
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It was only a matter of time

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I loved her first, I held her first   And a place in my heart will      always be hers
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From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
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I knew the love of a father runs deep
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And I prayed that she'd find you someday
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But it's still hard to give her away
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I loved her first

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LEAD (Fiddle if ya got one)

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From the first breath she breathed     When she first smiled at me
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I knew the love of a father runs deep
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Someday you might know what I'm goin' through
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When a miracle smiles up at you
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I loved her first