Mama, where's your pretty little girl tonight

Trying to run before she can walk - that's right

She's growing up

She has a young man waiting

She's growing up

She has a young man waiting

Wide-eyes

She'll be street-wise

To the lies

And the jive talk

She'll find true love

And tenderness on the block



Daddy, don't you ask her when she's coming in

And when she's home don't ask her where she's been

She's going out

She has a young man waiting

She's going out

Can't keep her young man waiting

She'll be okay

Let her have her day

It's a long way

It's a long walk

She'll find true love

And tenderness on the block



I know how much it hurts to see her go

She has a mind of her own, you know

She's all grown up

She has a young man waiting

She's all grown up

She has a young man waiting

She was wide-eyed

Now she's street-wise

To the lies

And the jive talk

She'll find true love

And tenderness on the block

She'll find true love

And tenderness on the block