Jackson Browne - First Girl I Loved lyrics

(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