(The song that you guys voted on tonight, only happens in Philly)
(And um, and you picked a song that is like probably the most significant to me)
(Because, it's a, it's a song that I wrote by myself)
(It's a song that I wrote sitting on my front porch in Franklin, Tennessee)
(Umm, it's a song that I wrote before I had a record deal)
(And it's a song that became the title of my first album)
(This is called The First Time)
(And I might need your help, 'cause I, I haven't sang this song in a long time)

Put on my make up
Spray my perfume
Sat on the front porch, waitin' on you
Said we would catch up because it had been awhile
I hate to admit it
But my hands are shaking
Barely breathin'
Heart is racin'
Looks like feelings don't always change their minds

But you never called, never showed up
Guess some things never change
And just like living in a flashback
You're letting me down again

That's why the past should be the past
Far behind, back of mind, out of the way
Let the memories burn and crash
'Cause sittin' here looking at the driveway
Is just tearin' my heart back in half
Like nothing's changed except the time that's passed
And that's why goodbye should mean goodbye
The first time

(How does this verse start?)

Hate that I still cry
Lookin' like a fool here watchin' for headlights
And kickin' myself for believin' in you again
I bet you're out drinkin' with a new blonde and
Telling her whatever's playin' is her song
Yeah, and helping her up into your Chevy instead

And even when you don't have me
You can still be the one to hurt me, yeah
It must feel good to know
I'm still holdin' on to letting go

That's why the past should be the past
Far behind, back of mind, out of the way
Let the memories burn and crash
Sittin' here looking at the driveway
It's just tearin' my heart back in half
Like nothing's changed except the time that's passed
And that's why goodbye should mean goodbye
The first time

(How many of you guys have been around since this album came out?)
(Can you sing it with me?)

Yeah, that's why the past should be the past
Far behind, back of mind, out of the way
Let the memories burn and crash
'Cause sittin' here looking at the driveway
It's just tearin' my heart back in half
Like nothings changed except the time that's passed
And that's why goodbye should mean goodbye
So now I'm letting you go like I should have tried
The first time
Yeah, the first time
Oh Writer/s: Kelsea Ballerini
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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