The wise ones love to say
I wasn't born yesterday.
But the funny thing is, we always are,
in a matter of speaking.
And growing up can take a whole lot of time,
or it can happen in just one moment.
I know, it seems like only yesterday,
I was standing on the corner
waiting for the bus like I do every morning,
and I felt his eyes on me,
and I looked at him,
I just couldn't help it,
and they were deep brown
an d somehow full of sunshine.
Now I don't know if you've ever seen
the eyes that were full of sunshine,
well his were.
And he was so fine, solid, busting out, and eager,
and shy, and strong, and looking down at me.
I felt, I felt right then
like I'd never felt before,
standing back in his seat, y 'all.
We got on the bus,
an d there was just one seat left, and I sat down,
and he stood right over me,
pretending to read
with those sunny, shiny eyes of his.
The bus jolted
and he stepped on my foot
I said, ouch, he said he was sorry
And from that moment on we've
never looked back
Soon it was the Saturday
night movement
Evenings to dance or
dream or just relax
We saw flowers growing in the
cracks and dirty sidewalks
And we heard birds singing in
the steel and concrete walls
Me and Mr. Sunshine
Sometimes I still imagine
I see flowers
Growing in the cracks
of the dirty, dirty sidewalks
You touch me in the sun
I somehow knew I'd be the
only one
How wonderful
the moment
When the boy became a man
You warned me in the night
And you taught me how to feel
But it all would seem unreal
To try and go back there
again
We walked away from town
I'd like to keep the moment
that was mine
I'd like to touch the man
I met just once before I go
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
I've been to many places and I've opened,
I've opened every single door.
I've done everything
a girl could do,
and believe me, I want you to know
I've done so much, so much,
so much, so much more.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I've never been a woman before.
No, no, no, I never,
I'll tell you, I've never, never been a woman
I ain't never had nobody to love me,
hug me and hold me
Before I ain't never
Never had nobody to lay me down
And give me one of those good
old rubdowns
Never, never
Cause it's so good when
you lay me down
and give me that, oh, that rub down
You make me feel just like a woman
Uh -huh
You make me feel so good
And I've never
No, I've never been a woman before you