Such a Lovely Child
written: B. Seger
lead vocal: G. Frey

Such a lovely child, all the other ladies
Came around and around to see her
Such a lovely child with the face of an angel
No man could deceive her
Such a lovely child sent away to school
Where they were teaching the etiquette rule
Surely in the company of the others
No bad young man could reach her

Such a lovely young lady sitting by her window
Longing so for someone
Such a lovely young lady spending all her hours
Learning to be someone
Such a lovely young lady sitting all alone
In sixteen years, how she has grown
Surely in the company of the others
She would learn to be someone

And she longs so to be loved
And she longs so for affection
Surely in the company of the others
She did not learn rejection

Such a lovely young lady walking down the street
All the men, they watch her
Such a lovely lady, so aloof, so fine
All the men, they want her
But she gives them not a second look
Just as they taught her in the book
Surely in the company of the others
She did not learn rejection

Such a lonely woman walking down the street
No one looks in her direction
Such a lonely woman walking down the street
No one pays the least attention
A middle-aged woman walking slowly by
No sign of tenderness in her eyes
Surely in the company of the others
She must have learned affection

She longs so to be loved
And she longs so for affection
Surely in the company of the others
She did not learn rejection

Such a lovely child, lovely child, lovely child, lovely child...

 

The Mushrooms