First Girl I Loved — текст песни (The Incredible String Band)

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 probably 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