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 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 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, 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 all We parted so hard Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar And making love to people I didn't even like to see I would think of you And I mean in the six sad morning And in the lonely midnight Try to hold your face before me I want you to know, I just had to go I want you to know, we just had to grow You'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 fall Well, 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 me 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 I have a sweet woman Maybe someday to bear babies by me, she's pretty Is a true friend of mine