[Intro]

          

[Verse]
         
You're top man

 on the scene
            
You don't thin

             
k life comes i


n between
        
But hey,      

             
  she's just s

                 
eventeen
            
She feels that

         
 she's a world

ly girl
            
But man you've

       
 been around t

he world
          
She is just so

        
me worried dad

                     
dy's girl
     
Even though th

ere's nothing 

I can say
         
To cheat you a

nd nature anyw

ay


[Refrain]
             
Let her down e


asy
          
Her heart is o

          
n a dime
             
Let her down e


asy
          
And you'll gro

        
w up in time


[Verse]
            
In her strawbe


rry eyes
            
The way she se

          
es you signifi

es
         
That she's sus

             
ceptible to yo

                    
ur velvet lies
            
But if you mus

  
t lay her down
            
May a buttersc

              
otch glow be h

   
er dressing go

wn
          
And please do 

          
not lead her o

            
n when you lea

                 
ve town
     
Even though th

ere's nothing 

I can say
         
To cheat you a

nd nature anyw

ay


[Refrain]
             
Let her down e


asy
          
Her heart is o

          
n a dime
             
Let her down e


asy
          
And you'll gro

        
w up in time

[Bridge]
         EbDim    


[Chorus]
      
She's a woman 

now
            
With a daughte

      
r to make her 

proud
         
In her crayon 

           
world of paper

              
 clouds
            
She still reme


mbers you
            
The first boy 

         
that she gave 

it to
          
And she laughs

          
 at how little

                         
 then she knew
             
Spoken: Her da

             
ughter's five 

        
and her grandf

ather adores h

er (of course)


[Refrain]
             
Let her down e


asy
          
Her heart is o

          
n a dime
             
Let her down e


asy
          
And you'll ...

              
...  grow up i

                   
n time


[Outro to fade]