My Girl, Grown

My Girl, Grown

[Verse]
Needle down the day they brought you home
Soul on the turntable, soft and low
You slept clean through the second side
Look at you now — about to be a bride

[Chorus]
Simone, you're my girl, grown (my girl, grown)
Best slow dancer this side of home
I'll spin you once, then give you away (give you away)
But you'll be my girl when the band stops playing

[Verse]
Sixteen, somebody made you cry
I played you soul till the tears ran dry
Told you that ain't love, that's only noise
You believed your daddy's record-store voice

[Chorus]
Simone, you're my girl, grown (my girl, grown)
Best slow dancer this side of home
I'll spin you once, then give you away (give you away)
But you'll be my girl when the band stops playing

[Bridge]
(mmm, Simone)
I always cued the songs for you
Now you found one I never knew —
go on and dance it through

[Final Chorus]
Simone, you're my girl, grown (my girl, grown)
Best slow dancer this side of home
Go take his hand — I taught you the sway (taught you the sway)
You'll be my girl long after the band stops playing

[Outro]
(sha-la-la, Simone)
My girl... grown