John Hartford – First Girl I Loved lyrics

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