The First Lovesong

Lyrics for The First Lovesong

When you're a wedding singer, you're not the star of the night The spotlight's not on you, your place is to the side But you get to be an observer, you get to see what others don't That it's in these very moments we appear as most alone You stand there by the entrance, in the back, behind the pews From the trees in the churchyard, a song is sung for you Roo-coo-coo-coo-coo The mourning doves croon The heart is not a question That there's an answer to As you set up your equipment later at the reception You listen to the speeches, other people's life lessons All the human longing, all its inherent contradictions Love is brutally simple, it's either there or it isn't And we don't notice till the other, forgets the lyrics to a tune That we've never practiced, but somehow always knew Roo-coo-coo-coo-coo What else can we do Than hope that what I'm feeling Is what you're feeling too? That this means farewell to all farewells That the love we have can defy gravity itself