Standard (EADGBE)

 You're top man on the scene

You don't think life comes in between

 But hey, she's just seventeen

She feels that she's a worldly girl

But man you've been around the world

She is just some worried daddy's girl

 Even though there's nothing I can say

 To cheat you and nature any way

 Let her down easy

Her heart is on a dime

 Let her down easy

 And you'll grow up in time

 In her strawberry eyes

 The way she sees you signifies

 That she's susceptible to your velvet lies

But if you must lay her down

 May a butterscotch glow be her dressing gown

 And please do not lead her on when you leave town

 Even though there's nothing I can say

 To cheat you and nature any way

 Let her down easy

Her heart is on the line

 Let her down easy

 And you'll grow up in time

 She's a woman now

 With a daughter to make her proud

 In her crayon world of paper clouds

She still remembers you

 The first boy that she gave it to

 And she laughs at how little then she knew

(Talk)

Her daughter's five and her grandfather adores her (of course)

 Let her down easy

Her heart is on the line

 Let her down easy

 And you'll grow up in time