My first lover
My first lover

He was tall and breezy with his long hair down
But he gets a little hazy when I think of him now

My first lover
My first lover

He was always talking trying to bring me down
But I was not waiting for a white wedding gown
From my first lover

I do not remember any going wrong
Just a record playing that old Steve Miller song

Quicksilver girl
Quicksilver girl

At a surfer party with the whiskey porin
And the bottle rolling I was on the floor
With my first lover
My first lover

I do not remember any fights or fits
Just shakey morning after calling it quits
With my first lover

Quicksilver girl
Quicksilver girl
Quicksilver girl, and she's free


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My First Lover Lyrics as written by Gillian Howard Welch David Todd Rawlings

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    General Comment

    I have trouble with this one: is it a song about an emotionally abusive boyfriend, a drunken one-time hookup that cost the narrator her virginity, or is the "lover" a metaphor for alcohol?

    tweedwolfscreamon March 31, 2007   Link
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    I'm pretty sure this is a straightforward account of Gillian's first lover, apparently a manipulative surfer jerk she met as a student at UC Santa Cruz.

    Love the "Quicksilver Girl" reference.

    LuckyTownon August 04, 2014   Link

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