Released: June 18, 1976
Songwriter: Cat Stevens
Producer: Tom Dowd
[Verse 1]
I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that I had
But if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
[Verse 2]
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
And I'm sure gonna give you a try
And if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
And when it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
[Verse 3]
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'Cause if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that I had
But if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
[Verse 2]
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
And I'm sure gonna give you a try
And if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
And when it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
[Verse 3]
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'Cause if you want, I'll try to love again
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst
more tracks from the album
If We Fall in Love Tonight
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- Have I Told You Lately
- My Heart Can’t Tell You No
- Sometimes When We Touch
- Broken Arrow
- So Far Away
- All for Love
- For the First Time
- Downtown Train
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- If We Fall in Love Tonight
- Forever Young (1996)
From the albums
- A Night on the Town (Deluxe Edition) (1976)
- A Night on the Town (1976)
- Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1979)
- The Best of Rod Stewart (1989)
- Unplugged... and Seated (1993)
- If We Fall in Love Tonight (1996)
- Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2 (2003)
- Trilogy: Three Classic Albums (2005)
- You’re in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2019)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You