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First Girl I Loved Lyrics
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
Time has come I will sing you
this sad goodbye song,
When I was seventeen, I used to know you.
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.
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I probably wouldn't be here at all.
Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar,
Making love to people
That I didn't even like to see.
Yes, I mean in the six sad morning.
And in the lonely midnight,
Try to hold your face before me.
I want you to know, we just had to grow.
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I'd just have to fall.
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.
I want you to know, we just had to grow.
So it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.
Maybe some day to have babies by me,
she's pretty,
Is a true friend of mine
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Submitted by
sirraustusbear On Feb 20, 2008
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I love this song. Reminds me of my seventeen.
"Well, I never slept with you Though we must have made love a thousand times."
Yes, lovely song. Lyrics missing after “didn’t have nowhere to go”, it’s “but in the wide hills, and beside many a long water, you have gathered flowers and they do not smell for me”. Also I don’t know why anyone on the web can’t hear that Robin sings “...in the sick sad morning...”. Nothing to do with ‘six’. Is it his accent? I’m a Scot too, and it’s plain to hear. Thanks for uploading.
These lyrics could not possibly have come out of Robin Williamson, it's just not possible. He wouldn't have written anything so boringly straightforward and asinine. I've noticed a lot of bland "impostor" songs that record companies probably forced on artists to either make them more palatable to the public or just to force their hand on them, and this surely must be one of them.
@epiwoosh it’s just the song of a naive young man. Not yet the ‘bard’ he wanted to become...
@epiwoosh it’s just the song of a naive young man. Not yet the ‘bard’ he wanted to become...