First Kiss

Years can steal the names away Blur the faces in the crowd Still you know just where you stood When the whole world Lost its sound Maybe rain fell on the street Maybe sunlight filled the room But that first kiss Still comes drifting Through the years Like sweet perfume

You remember your first kiss Every tremble Every doubt How the whole world went silent And shut everybody out Every kiss that followed Had another one before But the first Came out of nowhere And changed what kisses were

Maybe it was quick and clumsy Nothing like a movie scene Still your memory kept the moment Better than it might have been A thousand nights can disappear A thousand promises can fade But that single breath still lingers Safe from every passing day

You remember your first kiss Every tremble Every doubt How the whole world went silent And shut everybody out Every kiss that followed Had another one before But the first Came out of nowhere And changed what kisses were

Somewhere underneath the years Beyond the reach of time The heart still keeps one moment It refuses to leave behind No matter who came after No matter what you missed Nothing ever takes the place Of your first kiss

You remember your first kiss Every tremble Every doubt How the whole world went silent And shut everybody out Every kiss that followed Had another one before But the first Came out of nowhere And changed you evermore

You forget the words You forget the face You forget why it ended

But you never forget Your first kiss

How can one brief moment That barely took a breath Live inside your memory Long after everything else is dead