I'm Already Taken
Steve Wariner Lyrics

My little third grade hand wrote, ''I love you.''
When I was a kid in third grade, I wrote a love letter to a girl I liked and gave it to her.

On a note of yellow paper,
I wrote the love letter on a piece of yellow paper.

And sent it to the front of the room
I sent the love letter to the girl via someone at the front of the room.

To a little blonde-haired girl.
The girl I had a crush on had blonde hair.

The blonde-haired girl just opened it,
The girl I gave the love letter to opened it.

And read it to herself
She read the contents of the love letter to herself.

I was so embarrassed
I was extremely embarrassed about having sent the love letter to her.

When she turned around and said,
She turned around to tell me something.

''I'm already taken
She already had a boyfriend and was unavailable.

You spoke up too late
I disclosed my feelings too late after she already became committed to someone else.

I love somebody else,
She had already fallen in love with someone else.

So you'll just have to wait.''
As I'm already in a relationship, you will have to wait if you hope for a chance in the future.

The years flew by so quickly
Time passed quickly and before I knew it, we were in junior high school.

And there we were in junior high
I met her again when we attended junior high.

I realized that I still loved her so
I felt the same way as when I was in third grade - I still loved her.

So I called her up and told her
I phoned her to let her know about my feelings for her.

Exactly how I felt.
I disclosed everything about how much I loved her.

Then she said, ''There's something
But then, she confessed something important to me.

That you really ought to know.''
She believed that telling me something was the right thing to do.

''I'm already taken
She still has a boyfriend and may not be available.

You spoke up too late
I disclosed my feelings after she became committed to someone else.

I love somebody else,
She already had feelings and committed to someone else.

So you'll just have to wait.''
If I want, I will have to wait before making any move.

So wait I did,
I decided to wait patiently for her.

And never changed my love
My love for her, however stayed the same.

For that little blonde-haired girl
I still loved her despite her being younger and with blonde hair.

Who's now the mother of
She is now a mother and that little blonde-haired girl is grown up.

Our little blonde-haired boy
We now have a son who has the same blonde hair as his mother.

Who's to our hearts so close
Our son means the world to us, and we love him deeply.

I hate to think how fast he's growing up.
I am worried about how quickly he is growing up, as I don't want to miss a moment.

Last night I overheard them
One night I overheard the boy and his mother have a conversation.

As she tucked him into bed
She was getting him ready for bed at the time.

He said, ''Mommy, will you marry me?'',
The boy asked his mother if they could get married.

And this is what she said.
She responded to the question.

''I'm already taken
She is devoted to loving the boy's father and won't be able to marry her own son.

You spoke up too late
Her son, like his father, was also too late in expressing his feelings.

I love your daddy, son,
She lets her son know that she already loves someone else - his father.

So you'll just have to wait.''
Therefore, if he hopes for a chance in the future, he'll have to wait like his father did.