ever since i met you've captured my heart you treated me like a lady from the very start guess i'm a little girl in her dreams who doesn't want to see that i have to grow older and change on my own i want to be a singer but go it alone but it is hard for me cause i dont wan't to see that i'm too young for a man, but i'm too old for a boy. so can't we just pretend, that i'm older than i really am, but then, only little girls pretend. i put on all the make-up that i can possibly find i'm five years older in just a minute's time but i can't compete with the ladies that attract your kind so i rummage through my sister's things hoping to find something that will catch your eye to make you change your mind so i won't have to leave, so you won't say to me i'm too young for a man, but i'm too old for a boy. so can't we just pretend, that i'm older than i really am, but then, only little girls pretend. i'm left out in the night i've lost all my senses i know this isn't right but you've captured my defenses i really am in love well thats the way i feel this game has to stop cause you know it can't be real i'm too young for a man, but i'm too old for a boy. so can't we just pretend, that i'm older than i really am, but then, only little girls pretend. i know i'd make you happy but i'm too young for a wife love is always special but i know i can't rush life so i'm waiting in the wings to see what life will bring and maybe in a few years when i am wise and tall love will light again and shine upon us all he says i'm a little girl in her dreams who doesn't want to see i'm too young for a man, but i'm too old for a boy. so can't we just pretend, that i'm older than i really am, but then, only little girls pretend.