First girl I loved,
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Time has come I will sing you
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this sad goodbye song,
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When I was seventeen, I used to know you.
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Well, I haven't seen you, now, since many is the short year,
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And the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined the
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Church of Jesus.
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But me, I remember your long red hair falling in our faces
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As I kissed you.
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Well, I want you to know, we just had to grow;
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I want you to know, I just had to go.
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And you're probably married now, house and car and all,
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And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
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And if I was lying near you now,
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I probably wouldn't be here at all.
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Well, we parted so hard;
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Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar,
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Making love to people
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That I didn't even like to see.
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Well, I would think of you.
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Yes, I mean in the sick sad morning.
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And in the lonely midnight,
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Try to hold your face before me.
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Well, I want you to know, I just had to go;
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I want you to know, we just had to grow.
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And you're probably married now, kids and all,
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And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
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And if I was lying near you now,
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I'd just have to fall.
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Well, I never slept with you
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Though we must have made love a thousand times.
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For we were just young, didn't have no place to go,
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But in the wide hills and beside many a long water
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You have gathered flowers, and did you not smell for me ?.
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Well, I want you to know, I just had to go.
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I want you to know, we just had to grow.
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So it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.
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Well, I have a sweet woman
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Maybe some day to have babies by me,
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she's pretty,
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Is a true friend of mine
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First Girl I Loved
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| The Incredible String Band |
