My first love, my young love, I thought it was true love
For how was I to know that it was only growing pains

My first love, my young love, my wonderful new love
But when you're so young no one explains

The boy next door was all the world to me
When I came home from school I ran to see
If he was waiting in the garden just for me

He was the hero of my story books
I used to dream about the way he looks
And we would spend so many happy hours together

My first love, my young love, I thought it was true love
Our little garden fence was like a magic bridge of dreams

My first love, my young love, my wonderful new love
When spring wakes your heart how great it seems

Our parents must have been amused to see
How much we loved each others company
But they were grown-ups so they'd never understand

We made such promises as children can
When you are young there's so much time to plan
We thought our love would never ever go away
My first love, my young love, I thought it was true love
The day he moved away I thought I'd sit right down and die

My first love, my young love, my wonderful new love
That beautiful world was you and I

I wonder where you are today
Do you sometimes think of me and the wonderful times we had when we were still children
Well, we're not children anymore

La-da-da-da-la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-la-da-da-da-da

My first love
My young love
My wonderful new love