The First Thing I Think Of - Tom Paxton

The buses are crowded

The taxis are filled

The cold rain is thundering down

Everyone here’s in a rush to get there

Each of them wearing a frown

The weather’s as awful as I can recall

And yet I’m still smiling in spite of it all

'Cause you’re always with me

Outside and in me

A constant reminder it’ll all be all right

You’re the first thing I think of each morning

And the last thing I think of each night

It’s hard to be happy

With the world as it is

Danger in every direction

But we’re all the same in our joy and or pain

And our need for a deeper connection

Why some just keep searching for somewhere to land

But me I’m just fine wherever I am

'Cause you’re always with me

Outside and in me

A constant reminder it’ll all be all right

You’re the first thing I think of each morning

And the last thing I think of each night

You’re the first thing I thought of this morning

And the last thing I’ll think of tonight