Listen to First Girl I Loved (The Chelsea Demo Sessions Version, 1967) by The Incredible String Band

First Girl I Loved (The Chelsea Demo Sessions Version, 1967)

The Incredible String Band

Traditional Folk

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First Girl I Loved (The Chelsea Demo Sessions Version, 1967)

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The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band

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COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Robin Williamson

Robin Williamson

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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 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

Written by: Robin Williamson

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