Noel Harrison - A Young Girl lyrics

She left the neighborhood, in which everyone was filthy rich, She left her parents' home and went straight with a vagabond who made Vows of love she'd never heard, and she believed his every word. She left no forwarding address, just took her youth and happiness As with the boy she vanished in, the secret sweetness of their sin. A young girl, A young girl who is sixteen Child of springtime, still green, Lying here by the road. He told her love demanded space, so they rode from place to place. Although she realized she'd sin, she threw cautions to the wind As she followed him around while he slowly dragged her down. So overpowering was her love that it made him the captain of A young girl's heart and soul and mind. In other words: love drove her blind. A young girl A young girl who is sixteen Child of springtime, still green, Lying here by the road. Too much emotions for a girl She let her heart become her world. But worlds that God has never wrought For a thunder Had she been wiser she would have known She could not feed him love alone. She should have known the day would come When he would quit her just for crumbs. He needed fresh new meat to carve And left her heart and mind to starve. A young girl A young girl who is sixteen Child of springtime, still green, Lying here by the road. Dead.