The First Girl I Loved - 2010 Remaster

First girl I loved,
 Time has come I will sing you
 this sad goodbye song,
 When I was seventeen, I used to know you.
 Well, 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 you.
 Well, I want you to know, we just had to grow;
 I want you to know, I just had to go.
 And 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 probably wouldn't be here at all.
 Well, we parted so hard;
 Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar,
 Making love to people
 That I didn't even like to see.
 Well, I would think of you.
 Yes, I mean in the six sad morning.
 And in the lonely midnight,
 Try to hold your face before me.
 Well, I want you to know, I just had to go;
 I want you to know, we just had to grow.
 And you're probably married now, kids and all,
 And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
 And if I was lying near you now,
 I'd just have to fall.
 Well, I never slept with you
 Though we must have made love a thousand times.
 For 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 me.
 Well, I want you to know, I just had to go.
 I want you to know, we just had to grow.
 So it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.
 Well, I have a sweet woman
 Maybe some day to have babies by me,
 she's pretty,
 Is a true friend of mine