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Halsey – YOU WERE FIRST (2020) | Track profile | Dork

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I Would Leave Me If I Could
YOU WERE FIRST

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YOU WERE FIRST

Release date: 10th November 2020

From I Would Leave Me If I Could

About This Track

"YOU WERE FIRST" is a track by Halsey, from the album I Would Leave Me If I Could, released 10th November 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Halsey.

About the Artist

Halsey

Halsey

Lyrics

YOU WERE FIRST

So many men who came before you

So many women, one-night stands

I guess I found it easier

For me to charm a man

’Cause a woman always crumbled in my hands.

Could only act on what I knew.

Was raised to earn it that way too.

I guess I found it easier

to split men at the seams

At least that’s what I learned in magazines.

All this

soft skin, soft eyes

All these

Beautiful laughs and beautiful thighs

Always kept me up at night

The truth is I was terried.

Pink lips, warm curves

All these

Wonderful aching shaking nerves

Heart like it’s about to burst

The truth is you were first

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From I Would Leave Me If I Could

2020

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