Never As Good As The First Time – English Lyrics

• By: Sade

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the timeless elegance of Sade's music with "Never As Good As The First Time." This song offers a perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in the English language through its poignant and universally understood theme of nostalgia for a first love. The clear and emotive vocals of Sade Adu make it easy to follow the lyrics and appreciate the subtleties of her expression. Learning with this song allows you to connect with the sophisticated and soulful style that made Sade an international icon.

[English]

(pensive airy music)

♪ Never as good ♪

♪ Oh babe ♪

(energetic music)

♪ Good times, they come and they go ♪

♪ Never going to know ♪

♪ What fate is going to blow ♪

♪ Your way, just hope that it feels right ♪

♪ Sometimes it comes and it goes ♪

♪ You take it ever so slow ♪

♪ And then you lose it ♪

♪ And then it flows right to you ♪

♪ So we rely on the past ♪

♪ And special moments that last ♪

♪ Were they as tender ♪

♪ As we dare to remember ♪

♪ Such a fine time as this ♪

♪ What could equal the bliss ♪

♪ The thrill of the first kiss ♪

♪ It'll blow right to you ♪

♪ It's never as good as the first time ♪

♪ It's never as good as the first time ♪

♪ Good times, they come and they go ♪

♪ Never going to know ♪

♪ It's like the weather ♪

♪ One day chicken, next day feathers ♪

♪ The rose we remember ♪

♪ The thorns we forget ♪

♪ We'd love and leave ♪

♪ We never spend a minute on regret ♪

♪ It is a possibility ♪

♪ The more we know, the less we see ♪

♪ Second time is not quite what it seemed ♪

♪ Natural as the way we came to be ♪

♪ The second time won't live up to the dream ♪

♪ It's never as good as the first time ♪

♪ Never as good ♪

♪ Never as good as the first time ♪

♪ Ba-da-da-da, bum-bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-ba-da-da-da, bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-da-da-da, bum-bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-ba-da-da-da, bum-bum ♪

♪ Natural as the way we came to be ♪

♪ Second time won't live up to the dream ♪

♪ As natural as the way we came to be ♪

♪ The second time is not quite what it seemed ♪

♪ It's never as good as the first time ♪

♪ As the first time ♪

♪ Never as good as the first time ♪

♪ Ba-da-da-da, bum-bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-ba-da-da-da, bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-da-da-da, bum-bum-bum ♪

♪ Ba-ba-da-da-da, bum-bum ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - of high quality or a high standard.
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
hope /hoʊp/ A2	verb - to want something to happen or be the case. noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
past /pæst/ A2	noun - the time before the present
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting. verb - touch or caress with the lips.
blow /bloʊ/ B1	verb - to move creating an air current.
fate /feɪt/ B1	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.
tender /ˈtendər/ B1	adjective - gentle and caring
remember /rɪˈmembər/ B1	verb - to have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something from the past).
thrill /θrɪl/ B2	noun - a feeling of excitement and pleasure verb - cause (someone) to feel a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure.
forget /fərˈɡet/ B1	verb - fail to remember.
regret /rɪˈɡret/ B2	noun - a feeling of sadness, disappointment, or repentance about something that one has done or failed to do. verb - feel sad, disappointed, or repentant about (something that one has done or failed to do).
natural /ˈnætʃrəl/ B2	adjective - existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. verb - experience dreams during sleep.

Key Grammar Structures

• Good times, they come and they go

  ➔ Present simple tense for habitual actions

  ➔ The phrase "they come and they go" indicates a habitual or repeated action in the present.

• It is a possibility

  ➔ Use of "it is" + noun to express a general idea or possibility

  ➔ The phrase "it is a possibility" indicates referring to a potential or uncertain event.

• The second time is not quite what it seemed

  ➔ Use of the simple past tense "seemed" for past perceptions

  ➔ The verb "seemed" is in the simple past tense, indicating a perception or impression in the past.

• Never as good as the first time

  ➔ Use of comparative structure "as...as" for comparing quality

  ➔ The phrase "as good as" is a comparative structure used to compare qualities between two things.

• The rose we remember

  ➔ Use of relative clause "we remember" to specify which rose

  ➔ The relative clause "we remember" provides additional information about the noun "rose," indicating the roses that are remembered.