From the album "Paradise & Thorns", disc 2 (2018)
By Ashley Hutchings/Blair Dunlop
[Verse 1]
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To Hertfordshire we did ramble,
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'Twas a cold, bleak Easter day,
C G G/F#
The rain came down in showers
Em
We stopped along the way.
[Verse 2]
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Some sat on a bench for a moment,
C G
We two were side by side,
C G G/F#
A hood covered most of your mystery,
Em
I was open with nowhere to hide.
[Chorus 1]
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You're pretty head nodded at small talk,
C G
"What spires, what farms are those?"
C G G/F#
We walked into our story
Em
In damp and lifeless clothes.
[Verse 3]
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First love doesn't pick the right moment,
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It strikes when your hair is distressed,
C G G/F#
It comes when your shoes are muddy
Em
And your hesitant timing's a mess.
[Instrumental verse]
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C G
C G G/F#
Em
[Verse 4]
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We walked many miles in our story
C G
But it lasted less than a year.
C G G/F#
Heaven never allowed an extension,
Em
If it did, we never did hear.
[Verse 5]
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I prayed for some sense to equip me
C G
To guide a young love such as ours,
C G G/F#
But I was too young and too helpless
Em
To negotiate ways through the showers.
[Chorus 2]
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First love never runs like a movie
C G
There's silence, repairing and tears
C G
It gives you a reason for living
Em
Then one day the dream disappears
[Instrumental chorus]
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C G
C G G/F#
Em
[Chorus 3]
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First love is something precious.
C G
It only comes once in your days,
C G
You spend your life trying to recapture
Em
But the details gets lost in the haze.