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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
Performer
Maxine Willard Waters
Maxine Willard Waters
Background Vocals
Julia Waters
Julia Waters
Background Vocals
Luther Waters
Luther Waters
Background Vocals
Dale Warren
Dale Warren
Conductor
James Ellison
James Ellison
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Allee Willis
Allee Willis
Composer
Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
Vocal Arranger
David Rubinson & Friends
David Rubinson & Friends
Arranger
Dale Warren
Dale Warren
Orchestrator
James Ellison
James Ellison
Vocal Arranger
David Rubinson
David Rubinson
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Rubinson & Friends
David Rubinson & Friends
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Little girls sleep at night
Safe inside their dreams
Is it a scheme?
They think they'll grow up into queens
[Verse 2]
I am old, I am young and wise
I'm just a little girl in low cut clothes
Who hides behind a face
But really knows
That beauty buys what a child gets for free
Can't loving be that way once for me?
[Verse 3]
Come on and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
'Cause tonight I'm just a little girl
[Verse 4]
A woman is what woman gives
Sometimes she gives too much
Look but don't touch
Most times for me, there's not enough
[Verse 5]
When a man falls in love with me
He moves into me like he would a house
He decorates me and he lives his fantasies out
Their beauty buys what a child gets for free
Can't loving be that way once for me?
[Verse 6]
Come on and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
Tonight I'm just a little girl
[Verse 7]
Is love so innocent and found so late
When all I've done with love is played and made mistakes
[Verse 8]
Come and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
'Cause tonight I'm just a little girl, ooh
[Verse 9]
Come on and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
Oh, tonight I'm just a little girl, ooh, ooh
Tonight I'm just a little girl
Ooh, tonight I'm just a little girl
Ooh, tonight I'm just a little girl
Ooh, tonight I'm a little girl
[Verse 10]
Come on and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
'Cause tonight I'm just a little girl, ooh
[Verse 11]
Come on and hold me tight
Don't turn off the light
Oh, just let your words embrace me like a father's loving arms
Protect me from the night
It will be alright
Oh, tonight I'm just a little girl, ooh
Tonight
I am your little girl
Tonight
Tonight
Ooh, tonight I'm just a little girl
Written by: Allee Willis
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