My First Heartbreak

Verse 1

I was just a little girl with pigtails and dreams

Believing my daddy was a hero to me

I’d wait by the window every Friday night

Watching headlights, hoping yours were the right lights

Mama would smile and tell me, “He’ll be here soon”

But sometimes the stars would replace the afternoon

I’d fall asleep on the couch holding on to hope

Not knowing disappointment would become something I’d know

Pre-Chorus

They say your first love teaches you about trust

But nobody talks about when that love is us

Chorus

My first heartbreak wasn’t a boy in a pickup truck

Wasn’t a high school kiss that didn’t work out enough

It wasn’t a goodbye written at the end of a note

Or somebody letting go

My first heartbreak was a little girl waiting by the door

For a father who didn’t show up anymore

Learning sometimes love can leave you in the dark

Yeah, my first heartbreak came from my father’s heart

Verse 2

I learned not to get too excited when you’d call

‘Cause promises sometimes didn’t mean much at all

I got good at pretending that I understood

Even when deep down I knew I never could

I watched other daughters with their dads at school

And wondered why being loved seemed so easy for them to do

While I was trying to figure out what I’d done wrong

Why being your daughter didn’t feel enough

Pre-Chorus

And every broken promise left another scar

On a little girl’s heart

Chorus

My first heartbreak wasn’t a boy in a pickup truck

Wasn’t a high school kiss that didn’t work out enough

It wasn’t a goodbye written at the end of a note

Or somebody letting go

My first heartbreak was a little girl waiting by the door

For a father who didn’t show up anymore

Learning sometimes love can leave you in the dark

Yeah, my first heartbreak came from my father’s heart

Bridge

Years went by and I grew up somehow

But that little girl still lives inside me now

Still wondering why she wasn’t enough to make you stay

Still wishing things had been different that way

But I’ve learned your choices weren’t because of me

Some people just can’t be who they need to be

Final Chorus

My first heartbreak wasn’t a boy who broke my trust

‘Cause long before that, life had already taught me enough

It was learning heroes can fall from their throne

And sometimes you’re left feeling alone

My first heartbreak was loving someone from the start

Who never quite knew how to guard my heart

And though I’ve healed, a piece will always remember that part

Yeah, my first heartbreak came from my father

Outro

I was just a little girl…

Waiting by the door…

And my first heartbreak…

Was you. ❤️