Carl Butler - If I'd Only Met You First Lyrics

Just like so many other men we hear about in song
I wed the wrong girl just before the right one came along
Though I was tied to someone else the day you came my way
But if I'd only met you first you'd be my own today

I knew I didn't love her on the day we said I do
But placed the ring upon her hand and promised to be true
I thought someday I'd learn to care so we made the vow
But if I'd only met you first things would be different now

The one I hold in my heart now can never have my name
Because the one I never loved would have to bare the shame
To leave her now would break her heart and thats what makes me stay
But if I'd only met you first it wouldn't be this way

So now I'm doomed to live a lie because we met too late
She'll never set me free and so I can't ask you to wait
If you should find another love I won't stand in your way
But if I'd only met you first you'd be my own today