belki de incredible string band'in en bilinen şarkısıdır. the 5000 spirits or the layers of the onion isimli albümde bulunabilir.

first girl i loved
time has come i will sing you this sad goodbye song
when i was seventeen
i used to know you

well, i haven't seen you now since many is the short year
and the last time i seen you, you said you'd joined the church of jesus
but me, i remember your long red hair falling in our faces
as i kissed you

i want you to know, i just had to go
i want you to know, we just had to grow

and you're probably married now, house and car and all
and you turned into a grown up female stranger
and if i was lying near you now
i wouldn't be here at all

we parted so hard
me, rushing round britain with a guitar
and making love to people
i didn't even like to see

i would think of you
and i mean in the six sad morning
and in the lonely midnight
try to hold your face before me

i want you to know, i just had to go
i want you to know, we just had to grow

you're probably married now, kids and all
you turned into a grown up female stranger
and if i was lying near you now
i'd just have to fall

well, i never slept with you
though we must have made love a thousand times
we were just young, didn't have no place to go
but in the wide hills and beside many a long water
you have gathered flowers and they do not smell for me

i want you to know, i just had to go
i want you to know, we just had to grow

so it's goodbye first love and i hope you're fine
well i have a sweet woman
maybe someday to have babies by me, she's pretty
is a true friend of mine

(tepedeki psychedelic adam - 22 Ocak 2009 22:48)