Tony Hightower - I Loved Annie First lyrics

Annie was a gangly little kid of 17

When first she saw a movie up on the big screen

Mom & Dad both had to vent their spleen

When Annie told them of her dream

She took the classes and she took all the diets

She learned to cry on cue and learned how to fight

Went to the theatre every Tuesday night

Reciting monologues in the moonlight

But I loved her first

And in my dreams, we kissed again and again

I loved her first

She ignores me now, like she did then

But I loved her first, nyah nyah nyah nyah, called it

Annie's friends were skeptical at best

Seeing her rehearse, they were far from impressed

Even as she went to take her first screen test

They hoped it would make her less self-obsessed

She got her first part in a travelling play

Away from home, and she preferred it that way

No one else was around to have their say

Not that anyone's complaining today

But I loved her first

And in my dreams, we kissed again and again

I loved her first

She ignores me now, like she did then

But I loved her first, nyah nyah nyah nyah

The parts came & went, & still she slogged on

Till soon the gawky teenager was gone

The duckling disappeared, replaced by a swan

A light toward which so many have since been drawn

I wrote her a letter that I never did mail

And I still buy her videos when they go on sale

And all her so-called friends who were so convinced she'd fail

Come over and try to follow her vapor trail.