For the First Time

by Sevenstars

SUMMARY: This isn't exactly a fic, but a filk (for those unfamiliar with the term, a "filksong" is what you get when you write new lyrics, connected to a fandom, for an existing melody). It's sung from Jess's viewpoint, to John Denver's soaring "In the Grand Way."

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Verse #1:

It's a fine thing I've found here,

The way they took me in, accepted me,

And I know that they're my life to me,

My empty days are gone,

My runnin' days are done,

For the first time, I got a future.

Verse #2:

Got a family, got a home for me,

Mountain meadows, rollin' grassland, give my heart ease.

And to realize that I belong here, yeah,

Standin' in the dawn

Of this new life comin' on,

I ain't searchin' any more now.

Verse #3:

I can still see that lone trail,

Silent nights in camp, dark all around,

And to know my life was slowly losin' ground—

I know I'll never understand,

Though I've never felt this grand,

Sometimes seems like I must be dreamin'.

Endverse:

The way they took me in, accepted me,

My empty days are gone,

My runnin' days are done,

For the first time, I got a future.

For the first time, I got a future.

For the first time... for the first time.