We've been so close together
Close from the start
And as you learn to walk away

Take care of your heart
And don't forget your prayers
And whatever you do

Whoever, whereever you are
I'll love you


You're all crushes and blushes
and brushes with insight
But you still sleep with your bears

Half of the nights
When you're ready and willing
and you're of the right mind

The right teachers come along
Most of the time


You were born in the morning
In the quiet place
You were born in the morning

to take my place
We've been so close together
Close from the start

and Damn the first man
Who comes to break your heart


You're all long legs and long hair
And big wide eyes
With a hundred million questions

And a thousand hundred whys
And I wish I had the answers
But the best that I can give

Is to be a safe place for you
As long as I live


Cause sometimes as a grown up
My strength is all sapped
And I'd give anything to sit in my own mother's lap

But she's long gone and long missed
The best that I can do
Is the love that she would have given to me

I'll give to you

As far as I can tell

As far as I have seen
You couldn't pay me enough
to go back to thirteen

When you girls find out
And get wise to the rules
And young women stand up

And honey, so will you

You were born in the morning

In the quiet place
You were born in the morning
to take my place

We've been so close together
Close from the start
and Damn the first man

Who comes to break your heart