Rachel was a girl I used to love when I was youngYou should have heard the love songs that I sungYou should have heard the way we talked walking by the streamBarefoot through the meadow by the lazy San JoaquinRachel was a melody that I first learned to singA sorceress just barely in her teens A skinny dip in sight to see with freckleseverywhere A plain and faded hand-me-down with wildflowers in her hair She had a way of saying this was never gonnaend A good night like a lover and a good morninglike a friend Rachel was a watermelon ripe and freshlystoned The first girl that I ever loved, the firstlie that I toldRachel laughed and Rachel sang and Rachel held my handRachel watched me grow into a man Rachel sat and listened to me when I tolda lie Rachel waved me out of sight when I saidgoodbye The San Joaquin still rolls along with meand Rachel stroll But the meadows turn to parking lots andme and Rachel's old Rachel's just a memory that I still liketo hold The first girl that I ever loved, the firstlie that I told The first girl that I ever loved, the firstlie that I toldThe first girl that I ever loved, the first lie that I told