The Gray Hoodie Year

Intro

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Mm

Verse 1

I was sixteen with a nervous laugh

You walked in and my whole summer shifted

I rehearsed every word I planned to say

Then forgot them all when you smiled my way

You borrowed my pen and you kept it a week

Just so you'd have a reason to speak

Funny how a cheap blue ballpoint

Turned into the reason I still can't sleep

Pre-Chorus

We were small

We were green

Scared of something

We had barely seen

Chorus

You were my first love my first goodnight

My first stay-up-late just to hear your voice

You were my first hurt my first real try

My first taste of something I had no choice

And life went and carried us separate roads

Still I keep that year like a warm coat

I might love again but one thing stays true

Nobody gets to be my first but you

Post-Chorus

Oh you

Always my first

Oh you

Always my first

Verse 2

I remember your jacket more than your face

That gray hoodie you never let go

You'd hum one song till I knew every line

And I'd act like I hated it though I didn't mind

There were nights we said words we didn't mean

Pride loud and the both of us too young

Silence sat heavy between two chairs

But my heart never once left your name

Pre-Chorus

Maybe we

Were never meant

To hold on long

Only meant to bend

Chorus

You were my first love my first goodnight

My first stay-up-late just to hear your voice

You were my first hurt my first real try

My first taste of something I had no choice

And life went and carried us separate roads

Still I keep that year like a warm coat

I might love again but one thing stays true

Nobody gets to be my first but you

Post-Chorus

Oh you

Always my first

Oh you

Always my first

Bridge

Do you still hum that tune

Do you still wear that gray

Do you recall the park

Where we lost track of the day

Maybe you do

Maybe you don't

But I do

And that's enough

Chorus

You were my first love my first goodnight

My first stay-up-late just to hear your voice

You were my first hurt my first real try

My first taste of something I had no choice

And life went and carried us separate roads

Still I keep that year like a warm coat

I might love again but one thing stays true

Nobody gets to be my first but you

Post-Chorus

Oh you

Always my first

Oh you

Always my first