Once, as I lay cryin', on the ground She came up to me and let her hair fall down All over me And she said the tenderest things I've ever heard a woman say She's a flower child, summer's daughter (She's a summer's daughter) (Love and sweet?) She's sweet as water She's a flower child, she's summer's daughter, I love her An ant is never crushed beneath her feet
And I've seen sparrows brush against her cheek 'Cause she's so sweet And she does the tenderest things I've ever seen a woman do She's a flower child, summer's daughter (She's a summer's daughter) (Love and sweet) She's sweet as water She's a flower child, she's summer's daughter, Oh, I love her