When You're Eighteen Lyrics - Dr. Hook

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You look like a woman, and you move like one, but your parents are still tellin' you that you're too young 

It's 'causing you pain, baby don't you cry 'cause it won't be long 

'Til we can stay together 'til the morning comes 

And share each other's dream when you're eighteen 

When you reach eighteen there won't be anything anyone can do 

I'll help you erase every trace of the pain they put you through 

But right now, they say you've gotta wait for love, and you know what they mean 

But they've got to set you free when you're eighteen 

You've been told that you can't see me, but we know that that's the one who you wanna keep 

So we plan and we scheme, and I see you whenever you can slip outside 

Just like two thieves in the night, they make us hide 

We won't care where we're seen when you're eighteen 

When you reach eighteen there won't be anything anyone can do 

I'll help you erase every trace of the pain they put you through 

But right now, they say you've gotta wait for love, and you know what they mean 

But they've got to set you free when you're eighteen 

When you reach eighteen there won't be anything anyone can do 

When you reach eighteen there won't be anything anyone can do... 

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