Intro
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The girl isn't ready          (twice)

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The girl isn't ready is what her mother says
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We just put her toys away it seems like yesterday
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She has seen something better through the window
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She will reach for it even though she doesn't know if she's
 
CHORUS
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Ready, the girl isn't ready
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We can never tell her how to take it steady
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She'll be re    a   dy one day I know

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The girl isn't ready          (twice)
 
The girl isn't ready to do what she wants to do
We think that her boyfriend's like something from a zoo
She thinks that she understands what she's feeling
She's going to leave us make no mistake the wounds won't be healing
 
CHORUS  then instrumental over E  D   E  D  F#m   F#m
 
The girl isn't ready sure she thinks she is
She walks like a grownup but talks just like a kid
She wants to take on the world and his brother
Next thing you know she'll be telling us that she's a mother

Outro  - as intro w/ more repeats