First Girl I Loved John Hartford

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 were young, and we were learning about it together