This is one I wrote some time ago and came across recently. It's in 3/4 time, the hook sounds old-timey and isn't very prominent, and I've never been real satisfied with the music. But... I dunno.

Guess I need another opinion. It's written for a (not so) young lady. Keep it or junk it?


The First One To Last
© 2008 Keith Sheasley

V1
You're not the first one to dance with
This libertine lady,
The every-night belle of the ball.
You're not the first one to crowd me
And pay for my whiskey,
To lie to me softly
And promise to call.

V2
I'm not the first one to fall for
The charms of a cowboy
Who follows me home for the night.
I'm not the first one to wake up
And find the bed empty
And cry in my pillow
And wait for the light.

Chorus
Oh, but the days are so long
And the nights are so empty
The music's so loud
And the time goes so fast.
You're not the first one, it's true,
But I'm lonely and you
Just might be the first one to last.

V3
You're not the first one to tell me
That you'd always love me,
That nothing would stand in our way.
You're not the first one to touch me
And kiss me and make me
Believe that tomorrow
Could be just like today.

(Instrumental bridge)

V4
But you are the first one to thrill me
When we're together
And haunt me when we are apart.
The first one to hold me,
Embrace me, enfold me,
And stay until morning
And not break my heart.

Chorus
‘Cause the days are so long
And the nights are so empty
The music's so loud
And the time goes so fast.
You're not the first one, it's true,
But I'm lonely and you
Just might be the first one to last.

You're not the first one, it's true,
But I'm lonely and you
Just might be the first one to last.

You're not the first one, it's true,
But I'm lonely..... (whispered)
And you just might be the first one to last.