First Born

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The silver spoon’s in the mouth
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Baby clothes are baby-blue
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Nothing’s ever handed down
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Everything’s brand new


[Verse 2]
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Newspaper notices
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Heralding that great event
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Daddy’s buddies send the flowers
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Mummy’s friends have baby showers
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Welcoming that heaven sent


[Verse 3]
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That firstborn son is always the one
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The first to be called and the 
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last to come
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He’s his mother’s favourite, his 
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grandmother’s too
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He’ll break their hearts and he’ll 
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break yours too


[Verse 4]
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For he’s the first to creep and 
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the first to crawl
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The first to walk and the first to 
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fall
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Every bruise is kissed, every cry
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 is heard
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Every doubt’s cast out with a 
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soothing word


[Verse 5]
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Yes, he’s that firstborn son, he’s
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 that special one
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No matter what comes next, no 
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matter what comes along
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Be it another boy or a sweet baby 
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girl
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The family’s the oyster and he is
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 the pearl


[Instrumental]
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E7  Am  E7  Am  C  F  G7  C
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[Bridge]
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Some of them make it, some of them
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 don’t
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Some of them can’t, others won’t
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 grow up_______________


[Verse 6]
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In the bible of old, according to 
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Exodus
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Every firstborn son of a Jew got 
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axed
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But the one who survived with the 
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help of god’s hand
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Led his people to the promised land


[Verse 7]
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Yes, he’s that firstborn son, he’s
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 that son-of-a-gun
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He don't like to walk, he just 
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likes to run
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He loves to run just as fast as 
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he can
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With life held tight in the palm 
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of his hand