Em G Am D "Baby," he says, Em G Am D "You are like the clean white page and I the pen Em G Am D The innocence I find in between your girlish thighs Em G Am D Is like the fountain of youth to my old bones" [Chorus] C D Em And she replies C D Em "Daddy's little girl's a precocious child C D Em C D Em I love to please, I'll do anything that you ask of me, C D Em Eager to fulfill all of Daddy's needs" [Verse 2] Em G Am D "Baby," he says Em G Am D "I can never love older girls like I love you Em G Am D You're easier to please and you never give me grief Em G Am D 'Cause you accept everything I say and do" [Chorus] C D Em And she replies C D Em "I'm in no position to make demands. C D Em C D Em I have no past, no one else has done to me what you do C D Em I've got no one else to compare you to" [Bridge] B A Em B C Em "And as you grow older, try to act sixteen all your life B A G Am D Em Old women grow bitter don't let that happen to you" (Rhythm Guitar during solo) Em D B A Em B A B Am F#m B7 Ab F#m C#m Ab F#m C#m "And why is it charming pretending I'm younger than my years?" Ab F#m C#m Am D Em Am D Em Why can't I grow up with dignity? Set me free" [Verse 3] Em G Am D "Baby," he says Em G Am D "Now that you're older, I feel our love has died" Em G Am D Once upon a time, you never criticised me Em G Am D Oh, I much preferred you as a child" [Chorus] C D Em And I reply C D Em "Everything you said to me was a lie" C D Em C D Em I know your kind, you just want a daughter without a wife C D Em "You don't need a girlfriend, you need a life"