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, oh-woah (ooh) 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 (ooh) Don't have to try no more, try no more, no, child First time in a long time First time in a long time, ooh 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 Ooh (yes, I can be myself) First time in a long time (for the 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 (for the first time) First time in a long time (ooh, yeah) Ooh First time in a long time First time in a long time Ooh (yes, I can be myself) First time in a long time First time in a long time Ooh First time in a long time First time in a long time Ooh (I can be myself, oh-woah-woah, yeah)