First Girl I Loved

First girl I loved

Time has come I will sing you this sad goodbye song

When I was seventeen

I used to know youWell, I haven't seen you now since many is the short year

And the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined the Church of Jesus

But me, I remember your long red hair falling in our faces

As I kissed youI want you to know, I just had to go

I want you to know, we just had to growAnd you're probably married now, house and car and all

And you turned into a grownup female stranger

And if I was lying near you now

I wouldn't be here at allWe parted so hard

Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar

And making love to people

I didn't even like to seeI would think of you

And I mean in the six sad morning

And in the lonely midnight

Try to hold your face before meI want you to know, I just had to go

I want you to know, we just had to growYou're probably married now, kids and all

You turned into a grownup female stranger

And if I was lying near you now

I'd just have to fallWell, I never slept with you

Though we must have made love a thousand times

We were just young, didn't have no place to go

But in the wide hills and beside many a long water

You have gathered flowers and they do not smell for meI want you to know, I just had to go

I want you to know, we just had to growSo it's goodbye first love and I hope you're fine

I have a sweet woman

Maybe someday to bear babies by me, she's pretty

Is a true friend of mine