Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved lyrics

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