If I'd Only Met You First Song Lyrics and Chords by Carl Butler
If I'd Only Met You First
Recorded by Carl Butler
Written by Hank Cochran and Carl Butler
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Just like so many other men we
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hear about in song
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wed the wrong girl just before the right one came
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along
Though
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I was tied to someone else the
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day you came my way
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if I'd only met you first
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you'd be my own
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today
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knew I didn't love her on the
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day we said I do
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placed the ring upon her hand and
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promised to be
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true
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thought someday I'd learn to care and
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so we made the vow
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if I'd only met you first things
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would be different
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now
The one I hold in my heart now can
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never have my name
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cause the one I never loved would have to bare the
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shame
To
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leave her now would break her heart and
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that's what makes me stay
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if I'd only met you first it
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wouldn't be this
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way
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now I'm doomed to live a lie be
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cause we met too late
She'll
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never set me free and so I
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can't ask you to
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wait
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you should find another love I
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won't stand in your way
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if I'd only met you first
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you'd be my own
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today
FAQ
Who sang the the song If I'd Only Met You First?
- The song If I'd Only Met You First was sang by Carl Butler.
Who is Carl Butler?
- Shay Carl Butler (born March 5, 1980), known professionally as Shay Carl, is an American vlogger, author and YouTube personality. Butler has three YouTube channels, two of which ("shaycarl" and "SHAYTARDS") have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vidal developed a documentary called Vlogumentary on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly from his viewers. Vlogumentary was released on April 20, 2016. Forbes called Butler one of the "most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube" and in 2011 The New York Times featured Butler's production company Maker Studios.
