First Girl I Loved

(from the album rubaiyat: elektra's 40th anniversary; performed by jackson browne with david lindley)



First girl i loved--

Time has come i will sing the sad goodbye song

When i was seventeen, i used to know you

And i haven't seen you now in so many years

And the last time i saw you

You said you joined the church of jesus

But me i remember your long red hair

Falling in our faces as i kissed you





I just want you to know i just had to go

I just want you to know i just had to grow

And you're probably married now

With a house and car and all

And you turned into a grown-up female stranger

If i was lyin' by you now, i wouldn't be here at all



Well we parted so hard

Me rushing 'round new york with a guitar

Making love to people i didn't even like to see

And i still sometimes think of you

As i lay here in the six at morning

And in the lonely midnight

I've got to hold your face before me



I just want you to know i just had to go

I just want you to know i just had to grow

And you're probably married now

With kids and all

And you turned into a grown-up female stranger

If i was lyin' by you now, i'd just have to fall



And i never slept with you

Though we must have made love a thousand times

'cause we were just young

Didn't have no place to go



I just want you to know i just had to go

I just want you to know i just had to grow

So its goodbye first love

And i hope you're fine

I have a sweet woman

Maybe someday she'll have babies by me

(she pretty)

She's a true friend of mine


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