Tom Paxton - The First Song Is for You lyrics

I sit down each morning and I start to move my pen It's what I know that I was meant to do Without knowing how I find I write your name again Oh, it's always true the first song is for you Every time I start it's still the same When I move my pen it writes your name I remember all you've done and all you've tried to do When I do the first song is for you I sit down with my guitar and try to write a song About all the trials and trib' we've been through Never would have come so far without love so strong So it's always true the first song is just for you Every time I start it's still the same When I move my pen it writes your name I remember all you've done and all you've tried to do When I do the first song is for you I think about the times when you were there for me There for the long hard climb I think about the many ways you cared for me Cared for me time after time I can see your picture where it hangs upon the wall Every time I see it, it's still new I might write a thousand songs but as I write them all It'll still be true the first song is for you Every time I start it's still the same When I move my pen it writes your name I remember all you've done and all you've tried to do But when I do the first song is for you And when I do the first song is for you