Annie was a gangly little kid of 17  When first she saw a movie up on the big screen  Mom & Dad both had to vent their spleen  When Annie told them of her dream  She took the classes and she took all the diets  She learned to cry on cue and learned how to fight  Went to the theatre every Tuesday night  Reciting monologues in the moonlight  But I loved her first  And in my dreams, we kissed again and again  I loved her first  She ignores me now, like she did then  But I loved her first, nyah nyah nyah nyah, called it  Annie's friends were skeptical at best  Seeing her rehearse, they were far from impressed  Even as she went to take her first screen test  They hoped it would make her less self-obsessed  She got her first part in a travelling play  Away from home, and she preferred it that way  No one else was around to have their say  Not that anyone's complaining today  But I loved her first  And in my dreams, we kissed again and again  I loved her first  She ignores me now, like she did then  But I loved her first, nyah nyah nyah nyah  The parts came & went, & still she slogged on  Till soon the gawky teenager was gone  The duckling disappeared, replaced by a swan  A light toward which so many have since been drawn  I wrote her a letter that I never did mail  And I still buy her videos when they go on sale  And all her so-called friends who were so convinced she'd fail  Come over and try to follow her vapor trail.