A Young Girl lyrics

She left her neighborhood in which

Everyone was filthy rich

She left her parents at home

And strayed with a bagabond

Who made vows of love she never heard

And she believed his every word

She left no forwarding address

She just took her youth and happiness

And with the boy she vanished in

The secret sweetness of their sin

A young girl

A young girl of sixteen

Child of springtime still green

Laying there by the road

He told her love demanded space

So they roam place to place

Although she realized she sinned

She threw caution to the wind

As she followed him around

While he slowly dragged her down

So overpowering was the love

That he had made

It captured all the young girls' hearts

And soul and mine

In other words, love drove her blind

A young girl

A young girl of sixteen

Child of springtime still green

Laying there by the road

Too much emotion for a girl

She let her heart become her world

A world that God has never wrought

That brought us under we are taught

Had she'd been wise and she had known

She could of fed him love alone

She should've known the day would come

When he would quit her for fun

He needed fresh young meat to carve

And left her heart and mind to starve

• Artist:Cher
• Album:The Sonny Side of Chér (1966)