Lyrics:

I feel I have to tell you the way it’s lately been
Seems that I’ve been taking what I thought was giving 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.

Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time I can be myself

It came as I was walking through the streets of Tinsel Town
Didn’t know just where I’d been, but surely I’d gone down,
And then I saw the answer and found my own way here,
And for the first time in a long time I can see my future clear

Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time I can see myself

First time in a long time, first time in a long time

In all the time I’ve taken for everybody else
I thought I gave it all away, kept nothing for myself
But I have been mistaken; you were with me all the while
And for the first time in a long time, I can raise my face and smile.

Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time – oooooh – repeat
I can be myself……