Girls

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GirlsI remember that summer well becausefriends teased me about my new peach fuzzbut the biggest changes that took placeweren't on my facecos I never watched girls skippin' rope beforebut come June I was parked on our old porchas they bounced up n down in their yardsstarted flippin' through mom's Vanity Fairsspent lotsa time alone playin' solitairecos on the back of that deck of cardswere girls fresh as the morningwith their smiles fulla pearlsshoulders covered in tumbling curlsyeah suddenlythey were all that mattered to mesomehow I only cared about...girlsI remember that summer night becauseher touch still makes me weak like the kid I wasmmm...she was two years olderher kisses were deeper and bolderwith caresses soft as a dreamshe showed me the difference betweenkids makin' time and hearts making lovenow our vows are one thing I won't breakI don't know why but sometimes it takesa woman to make boys stop thinkin' ofgirls fresh as the morningwith their smiles fulla pearlsshoulders covered in tumbling curlsbut suddenlyshe was all that mattered to mesomehow I didn't care about...girlsmy wife says I've been protective sinceshe brought home our precious twinsnow that they've grown I don't trust teenage guysI'll whip the beer outta any punk who looks twice at my girls fresh as the morningwith their smiles fulla pearlsshoulders covered in tumbling curlsyeah suddenlythey are all that matters to mesomehow I only care about...my girls(c)2006 Robert George