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First Love’s a Gamble

mickjagger | February 25, 2026

First Love’s a Gamble

By Craig Whitley
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[Verse 1]

She walked in like a fire

Burned up the air

Mama said beware

But I couldn’t care

Eyes like honey

Sweet but sly

Mama saw trouble

I saw the sky

 

She’s got tattoos

She’s got dreams

Mama says nothing’s ever what it seems

I’m caught in between

Love and the fight

Mama says wrong

But she feels so right

 

[Prechorus]

Mama don’t know her laugh

Her smile

Her heart’s been broken

But she runs the mile

What’s it take

What’s the price to pay

For love to stay

For mama to say okay

 

[Chorus]

First love’s a gamble

First love’s a risk

Mama shakes her head

But I can’t resist

Girl

Can you win her

Can you change her mind

First love’s a battle

Love’s a climb

 

[Verse 2]

She cooks with spice

Her stories wild

Mama says she’s trouble

Not her style

But she’s the moon when the sun won’t shine

She’s the verse to my beat

She’s the perfect line

 

 

 

[Prechorus]

Mama don’t know her laugh

Her smile

Her heart’s been broken

But she runs the mile

What’s it take

What’s the price to pay

For love to stay

For mama to say okay

[Chorus]

First love’s a gamble

First love’s a risk

Mama shakes her head

But I can’t resist

Girl

Can you win her

Can you change her mind

First love’s a battle

Love’s a climb

[Verse 3]

Mama says time will show her truth

But love ain’t waiting

I’m living proof

If hearts collide

Can they make a truce

Or is love the bridge we’ll all refuse

 

[Prechorus]

Mama says

“that girl ain’t the one”

But my heart keeps saying she’s my sun

[Chorus]

Against the odds

She’s the one I choose

What’s a win if there’s no chance to lose

Mama can’t see the love in her eyes

But I swear it’s there

No disguise

Girl said

“I ain’t no perfect saint

But I’ll fight for you

No I won’t faint”

Mama crossed her arms

Said “we’ll see”

But my girl just smiled

Said “leave it to me”

[funky blues instrumental]

[Outro]

“Famous last words,” cause mama don’t play

I’m the only man in my Mama’s life

I’m afraid Mama plans to keep it that way

I’ll be an old man before she approves my wife.

 

Copyright November 9, 2025, by Stephen Craig Whitley – All Rights Reserved

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