Goodbye to My First Love

My darling I’m sure it would make me red
to read the letters that I used to write
To see the charming words I said
all waxed ridiculous and trite
and though the words would prove untrue
they were never really lies
well I really was sincere at the time
So it’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
the measure of those yet to come
and it’s a sigh, it’s a sigh for my first love
gone awry and sadly come undone
It’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
and oh to be so prone to digress
on such drab and dreary days
To an endless Spring we spent
in dusty bookshops and cafes
to trawling all the record stalls
to your simple cotton dress
and a one bed terrace on the end
So it’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
the measure of those yet to come
and it’s a sigh, it’s a sigh for my first love
gone awry and sadly come undone
It’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
and now time must surely carry on
So unaffected by it all
and I’m sure before too long
It’ll take my picture off your wall
But I just hope that you don’t think of me too badly
I hope you don’t regret those days at all
Sincerely and forever yours
So it’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
you’ll be the measure of those yet to come
and it’s a sigh, it’s a sigh for my first love
gone awry and so sadly come undone
It’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
it’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love
the measure of those yet to come
and it’s a sigh, it’s a sigh for my first love
gone awry and sadly come undone
It’s goodbye, goodbye to my first love