(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 it's 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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