The first__time___ ev-er 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 end of the skies. 

The first__time____ev-er I kissed   your   mouth,___
I felt____the earth___  move___in my hand,_________
Like the trem  bling  heart____of a cap  tive bird___
that____ was there____at   my  com   -   mand, my love. 

The first__time______ ev-er I lay   with  you_
and felt____your heart____ so_____ close to mine,____
And I knew_____ our joy___  would   fill  the   earth_____
till the end____of time,____   my love.___

The first__ time______ ev - er I saw______
your face,___  your face,___   your   face,___your face.