This is something like the 3rd. song I ever wrote....originally recorded onto a cassette using a $5 RadioShack mic...I had to keep starting over 'cause of noisy twin-engine planes flying overhead...I was on the patio.
Anyhow, here it is...... bear in mind that it was written for a male vocal!
Would You Mind If I Went First?
summer 2003
CHORUS:
would you mind if I went first
I know it’s a lot I’m askin’
for you to sleep alone each night
wake up to the smell of nothing
come home to a house that’s dark and quiet
but after all these years with you, I can’t imaging I’d get through
even a decent day without you here
so I’m askin’ you, my love, my darlin’ dear
would you mind if I went first?
I.
folks think I’m the strong one, doin’ what I do
takin’ care of business, and thinkin’ I take care of you
but they don’t know the half of it, the way you make my day
with your lovin’ and your cookin’ and your smile to light the way
you’re the one I think of when I hear the word “best friend”
and this poor old heart of mine would break
to live on after your life ends
CHORUS
II.
I don’t need a cook and maid to get me through my day
with you by my side I could live in a double-wide and dine on P.B.J.’s
a woman makes a house a home and that rings true for me
I won’t be king of this castle
if you’re not there to be my queen
so darlin’ let me state my case, though selfish it might be
please don’t leave me to sit on our old couch cryin’ and watching bad T.V.
CHORUS