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The First

Description:

This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album This Business of Art. Tegan sings the lead vocals and Sara sings the background vocals.


The music video was directed by Sean Michael Turrell and was likely filmed in June 2000.

Video:

Lyrics:

Stand up, sit down baby

Gonna be a formal dress down heyday

We decide, why not go downtown?

How about you and me, we go get wasted?

(You’ll have, you’ll have to excuse me) Why don’t we get wasted?

(Please please, please excuse me) Hey let’s get wasted

(You’ll have, you’ll have to excuse me)

(This will be my first time)

By definition from grade school to English 30

We quietly become strong so early

Take it or leave it, they can’t believe it

They go from kindergarten to killing sprees

They go from heartache to inner peace

100 foot ceilings 100 percent deceit

He said, let’s leave this between you and me

(Take it or leave it) Take my cats, watch my stuff, leave my house

(I can’t believe it) Between you and me the cat burglars are

What did you see? What did you steal?

Tell me baby, how does it feel?

Yeah, how do you feel?

(Take it) It’s a top ten list of things that move me the most

(Leave it) A top ten list of things that bother me the most

(Take it) A top ten list of things that scare me the most

I’d have to say that the future

Wasting time in the fast food line, I decide to walk the fine line and

Celebrate life, celebrate death, I choose to celebrate the first

I celebrate the first

We decide to go out walking, whole time that we’re talking

Convinced that we’re living, whole time that we’re dying

We decide to go out walking, whole time that you’re talking

Convinced that you’re living, whole time that I’m dying

Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?

You keep me on my toes (Keep me on my)

Where did the time go?

On the edge of town where the gravel’s thin

They’re gonna wear you down until you’re thin and

Tired, tired, tired of wasting time in the fast food line

I decide to walk the fine line and

Celebrate life, celebrate death, I choose to celebrate

The first to come, the first to go

The first to say yes, the first to say no

I’m gonna seize this moment

The first to come, the first to go

The first to say yes, the first to say no

We decide to go out walking, whole time that we’re talking

Convinced that we’re living, whole time that we’re dying

Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?

Yeah, keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?

You keep me on my toes (Keeps me on my)

Where did the time go?

You keep me on my toes (Keep me)

You keep me on my toes (Keep me)

Live Performances:

YouTube playlist


October 7, 1999

March 18, 2000 (Video)

August 20, 2000 (Audio 1, Audio 2)

August 22, 2000

August 29, 2000 (Audio)

September 2, 2000

September 3, 2000

September 14, 2000 (Video)

October 19, 2000

October 21, 2000 (Audio)

October 23, 2000

October 28, 2000 (Audio)

October 29, 2000 (The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2, Audio)

January 10, 2001 (Video)

January 16, 2001

January 23, 2001 (Audio)

January 26, 2001 (Audio)

January 27, 2001

January 29, 2001

January 30, 2001

March 8, 2001

March 9, 2001

April 25, 2001 (Audio)

May 6, 2001

May 16, 2001

July 11, 2001 (Audio)

July 14, 2001 (Audio)

July 29, 2001

August 14, 2001

August 17, 2001 (Audio)

August 25, 2001

September 30, 2008

October 3, 2008

October 4, 2008

October 11, 2008

October 16, 2008 (Audio)

October 19, 2008


City and Colour/Tegan and Sara

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