First Born-Kate & Anna McGarrigle

[00:00.96]First Born [00:01.64]The silver spoon's in the mouth [00:03.57] [00:04.85]Baby clothes are baby-blue [00:09.66] [00:10.28]Nothing's ever handed down [00:12.84] [00:13.53]Everything's brand new [00:15.52] [00:20.51]Newspaper notices heralding that great event [00:29.07] [00:31.31]Daddy's buddies send the flowers [00:33.62] [00:34.38]Mother's friends have baby showers [00:36.68] [00:37.24]Welcoming that Heaven sent [00:39.55] [00:43.48]That first born son is always the one [00:48.34] [00:49.47]The first to be called and the last to come [00:53.98] [00:55.29]He's his mother's favorite, [00:57.10] [00:58.41]his grandmother's too [00:59.91] [01:01.03]He'll break their hearts and he'll break yours too [01:05.27] [01:06.15]For he's the first to creep and the first to crawl [01:10.95] [01:12.26]The first to walk and the first to fall [01:16.13] [01:17.75]Every bruise is kissed, [01:19.52] [01:20.52]every cry is heard [01:21.95] [01:23.32]Every doubt's cast out with a soothing word [01:27.32] [01:28.13]'Cause he's that first born son, [01:30.50] [01:31.31]he's that special one [01:32.87] [01:33.56]No matter what comes next, [01:35.74] [01:36.37]no matter what comes along [01:38.36] [01:39.61]Be it another boy or a sweet baby girl [01:42.87] [01:45.28]The family's the oyster and he is the pearl [01:49.35] [02:31.84]Some of them make it, [02:34.39]some of them don't [02:35.96] [02:37.08]Some of them can't, [02:38.58] [02:39.76]others won't grow up [02:41.77] [02:57.67]In the bible of old, [02:59.17] [02:59.92]according to Exodus [03:01.79] [03:02.47]Every first born son of a Jew got axed [03:06.84] [03:08.09]But the one who survived with the help of God's hand [03:12.46] [03:13.52]Led his people to the promised land [03:16.77] [03:17.83]Yes he's that first born son, [03:20.08] [03:20.70]he's that son of a gun [03:22.57] [03:23.76]Just hates to walk, [03:25.13] [03:25.75]just loves to run [03:27.31] [03:28.31]He loves to run as fast as he can [03:32.74] [03:33.86]With life held tight in the palm of his hand [03:37.80] [03:38.48]