First girl I loved,nTime has come I will sing younthis sad goodbye song,nWhen I was seventeen, I used to know you.nnWell, I haven't seen you, now, since many is the short year,nAnd the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined thenChurch of Jesus.nBut me, I remember your long red hair falling in our facesnAs I kissed you.nnWell, I want you to know, we just had to grow;nI want you to know, I just had to go.nnAnd you're probably married now, house and car and all,nAnd you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.nAnd if I was lying near you now,nI probably wouldn't be here at all.nnWell, we parted so hard;nMe, rushing round Britain with a guitar,nMaking love to peoplenThat I didn't even like to see.nnWell, I would think of you.nYes, I mean in the six sad morning.nAnd in the lonely midnight,nTry to hold your face before me.nnWell, I want you to know, I just had to go;nI want you to know, we just had to grow.nnAnd you're probably married now, kids and all,nAnd you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.nAnd if I was lying near you now,nI'd just have to fall.nnWell, I never slept with younThough we must have made love a thousand times.nFor we were just young, didn't have no place to go,nBut in the wide hills and beside many a long waternYou have gathered flowers, and they do not smell for me.nnWell, I want you to know, I just had to go.nI want you to know, we just had to grow.nSo it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.nnWell, I have a sweet woman nMaybe some day to have babies by me,nshe's pretty,nIs a true friend of minen