Raymond and Liza's, 5 September 2015, Makarios Marloth Park
Credits: Erica Hartzer: I Loved him first (original Heartland)
Backtrack: Francios Kotze, Slideshow: Roelien Northcote

I loved him first

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each other’s space
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for him not long ago
I was his number one
He told me so
And he still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my boy
Time changes everything
Life must go on
But I'm not gonna stand in your way
But I loved him first and I held him first
And a place in my heart that will always be his
From the first breath he breathed
When he first smiled at me
I knew the love of a mother runs deep
And I prayed that he find you someday
But it still hard to give him away
I loved him first

How could that beautiful man with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with him
It was only a matter of time

But I loved him first and I held him first
And a place in my heart will always be his
From the first breath he breathed
When he first smiled at me
I knew the love of a mother runs deep
And I prayed that he find you someday
But it’s still hard to give him away
I loved him first

From the first breath he breathed
when he first smiled at me
I knew the love of a mother runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
when a miracle smiles up at you
I loved him first