Wildflower

[Intro]

Let the rain fall down upon her (Listen)

She's a free and gentle flower growing wild

People used to laugh at me when I was a little girl

I guess they didn't understand

But when you're young and all alone

You make up things for the things that are missing

Ooh, how I used to love to dress up in my mother's clothes

It made me feel like somebody

I'd pretend I was the prettiest girl at the dance

And all the boys loved me

And I was gonna be a big success, hmm

But of course I never got that dress for my very own

I didn't do half the things I thought I'd do

But I guess the good part of my life is that I did find you

And you know

Now when I look into a little girl's eyes, it's like a mirror

And I remember, I remember

[Verse 1]

She's faced the hardest times you could imagine

And many times her eyes fought back the tears

And when her youthful world was about to fall in

Each time her little shoulders bore the weight of all her fears

And the sorrow no one hears

Still rings in midnight's silence in, in her ears

[Chorus]

Let her cry, she's a lady

Let her dream, she's a child

Let the rain fall down upon her

She's a free and gentle flower growing wild

Growing wild, hoo

[Verse 2]

Be careful how you touch her for she will wake up

And sleep's the only freedom that she knows

And when you see life through her eyes

You won't believe the way she's always paying

For a debt she never owes

And a silent wind still blows

That only she can hear, it's all she knows

(That she knows, she knows, she knows)

[Chorus]

Let her cry, oh my, 'cause she's a lady

Let her sing, sing 'cause she is a child (She's a child)

Let the rain fall down upon her

She's a sweet and gentle flower growing wild

[Bridge]

And if by chance you get to hold her

Hold her for a time

And with your new possession, what would you do?

I would pick her up from the garden to be mine

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Each time her little shoulders

Bore the weight of all her fears

And the sorrow no one hears

Still rings in midnight's silence in her ears

(Bong, bong; bong, bong, bong, bong)

[Chorus]

Let her cry for she's a lady

Let her sing for she is a child

Let the rain fall down upon her

She's a sweet and gentle flower growing wild

[Outro]

And I feel the same

Just a sweet and gentle flower growing wild

But no one's to blame

(Sweet and gentle flower) Growing wild