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.
