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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face lyrics

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies, my love
To the dark and the endless skies
 
And the first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth move in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command, my love
 
And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And would last till the end of time, my love
And it would last till the end of time, my love
 
The first time ever I saw your face
Your face
Your face
Your face
Your face
 

 

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Comments
michealtmichealt    Mon, 27/05/2019 - 18:19

It seems sad to me that the principal version of this song on LT is a rather awful cover rather than a decent rendering of the song as it was originally written. However, Roberta Flack isn't terribly much worse than Peggy at this song, judging by the version that's on LT. Ewan deserved better singers for this song than he got. Actually I would rate any of Elvis P, Nana M, and Johnny C as vastly better singers that Roerta and slightly less vastly better than Peggy. (But probably I'm prejudiced against Peggy for two reasons: [1]She and my Ann disliked each other and [2]Peggy disliked me, probably because I got on with Pete on the sadly rare times I met him years before I had any connection with Ann).

BreezyDayBreezyDay    Wed, 29/05/2019 - 19:06

Wow, well you already know that I like Peggy's voice in False Lover Won Back. But I heard some other songs in which her voice wasn't so great! So I personally don't believe it's mere prejudice..

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