(from the album rubaiyat: elektra's 40th anniversary; performed by jackson browne with david lindley)      First girl I loved--   Time has come I will 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 last time I saw you   You said you joined the church of jesus   But me I remember your long red hair   Falling 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 probably married now   With a house and car and all   And you turned into a grown-up female stranger   If I was lyin' by you now, I wouldn't be here at all      Well we parted so hard   Me rushing 'round new york with a guitar   Making love to people I didn't even like to see   And I still sometimes think of you   As I lay here in the six at morning   And in the lonely midnight   I've got to hold 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 probably married now   With kids and all   And you turned into a grown-up female stranger   If I was lyin' by you now, I'd just have to fall      And I never slept with you   Though we must have made love a thousand times   'cause we were just young   Didn't have no place 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 it's goodbye first love   And I hope you're fine   I have a sweet woman   Maybe someday she'll have babies by me   (she pretty)   She's a true friend of mine