First Girl I Loved by John Hartford
First Girl I Loved lyrics
I was in love with you, well-before I knew,
it meant more than just wanting to be with you
I used to look for other girls that looked like you
But the laws of nature said, �forget it, son�
�least that�s what somebody told me
I worried about it a little bit, but that�s all
I dreamt that you were Joan-of Arc
And I was Don Quixote
And everywhere we went the world was tin-foil
But I gave up dreaming, and became a priest
It put it right out of my system
I worried about it a little bit, but that�s all
Now you used to play the guitar
We worked in a country band
I hung out down on the river bank, on Sunday
Your brother was my closest friend,
he drove a pickup truck
he used to bring me home sometimes, from high school
Now I was fifteen, oh the very first time
Love broke completely inside me
We young, and we were learning about it together
And we had enough of what we thought we�d need
Of those well-known secret fables
We worried about it a little bit, but that�s all
I regret my life won�t be long enough
To make love to all the women that I�d like to
Or least of all, to live with the ones I�ve loved
And I�ve never regretted a love affair,
except one and that�s all over
I worried about it a little bit, but that�s all
Now I heard you lived a-way up north
Your kids are fat and plenty
And I haven�t seen your brother since a-way last Easter
And if every other girl in the whole wide world
Was just a little bit more like you
I�d worry about it a little bit, but that�s all
Now you used to play the guitar
We worked in a country band
We hung out down on the river bank, on Sunday
Your brother was my closest friend,
he drove a pickup truck
he used to bring me home sometimes, from high school
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