Come back when you grow up
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1. Come back when you grow up, girl,
G
you're still livin' in a
paper-doll world.
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Livin' ain't easy, lovin's
twice as tough,
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G
so come, baby, when you grow up.
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2. You look real good like a woman now,
G
your mind hasn't gotten the
message somehow.
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So if you can't take it and
the goin' gets rough,
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come back, baby, when you grow up.
G F
I want you, girl, but your
wide-eyed innocence
F G
has really messed up my mind,
yeah.
G
F
I'd rather you get your very
first heartbreak,
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somewhere else along the line.
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3. Come back when you grow up, girl,
G
you're still livin' in a
paper-doll world.
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D7
Some day be a woman, ready to
love,
Am - D7 G
come back, baby, when you grow up.
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4. Come back when you grow up, girl,
G
you're still livin' in a
paper-doll world.
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Livin' ain't easy, lovin's
twice as tough,
Am - D7 G
come back, baby, when you grow up.
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5. Come back when you grow up, girl,
G
you've still got a lotta time
left in the world.
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Some day be a woman, ready to
love,
Am - D7 G
come back, baby, when you grow up.
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6. Come back when you grow up, girl,
G
you're still livin' in a
paper-doll world ....
(Bobby Vee)