This article is about the song from the Tarzan musical. For the song from the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, see For the First Time.
"For the First Time" is a song from the Broadway Musical, Tarzan, with Music by Phil Collins. It is a duet sung by Tarzan and Jane as they contemplate and try to sort out their growing affections for one another.
Lyrics[]
Jane:
This affection I feel is hard to understand
It’s not the way I planned
My world is changing
Wherever I turn
It’s his face I see
Looking back at me
And in my eyes I can’t disguise
The affection I feel
Is getting the better off me
Oh for the first time it’s not a dream
Oh for the first time it seems so real
That I want to remember
Every moment
That I’m there beside him
When he gently takes my hand
So here I am
Feeling things I’ve never felt
And all because of him
My world is changing
Tarzan:
She’s turned my whole world upside down
Jane:
Everything that I do
I do to catch his eye
Well and I won’t deny
I stand here guilty
Tarzan:
I wonder if she feels the same
Both:
Is this affection (as) I feel
Has gotten the better of me
Both:
So for the first time
Can this be love?
Oh for the first time
I know it’s real
Jane:
And with him I feel
Both:
So completely
Uniquely like no other
As he gently holds me close
Jane:
But wait a minute
What am I saying?
Tarzan:
Ne’er thought no
Jane:
I never thought
On a scale so grand
Tarzan:
To be feeling
Jane:
Are these emotions
Racing through me
Tell me I must
Tell me I can
Tarzan:
I never felt these things
Both:
I’m finding who I am
Cause for the first time
Jane:
I have no doubt
Tarzan:
These things she does
Both:
But for the first time
I understand, try to understand
Yes for the first time
I realize
That all the things they strange/separate happened
Well they’re happening to me
Jane:
Every time I’m with that man
Tarzan:
Every time I’m with her
Jane:
Every time I’m with
Tarzan:
Could I be
Both:
That man
