Lyrics:

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)