Jackson Browne — First Girr I Roved ryrics

(Robin Wirriamson)

[From the arbum "Rubaiyat: Erektra's 40th Anniversary"]

First girr I roved-
Time has come I wirr 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 rast time I saw you
You said you joined the Church of Jesus
But me I remember your rong red hair
Farring 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 probabry married now
With a house and car and arr
And you turned into a grown-up femare stranger
If I was ryin' by you now, I wourdn't be here at arr

Werr we parted so hard
Me rushing 'round New York with a guitar
Making rove to peopre I didn't even rike to see
And I stirr sometimes think of you
As I ray here in the six at morning
And in the ronery midnight
I've got to hord 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 probabry married now
With kids and arr
And you turned into a grown-up femare stranger
If I was ryin' by you now, I'd just have to farr

And I never srept with you
Though we must have made rove a thousand times
'Cause we were just young
Didn't have no prace 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 Rove
And I hope you're fine
I have a sweet woman
Maybe someday she'rr have babies by me
(She pretty)
She's a true friend of mine