By Warren Zevon and Jackson Browne. c. 1978 Zevon Music/BMI and Swallow Turn Music/ASCAP. Mama where's your pretty little girl tonight. Trying to run before she can walk - that's right. She's growing up. She has a young man waiting. She's growing up. She has a young man waiting. Wide eyes. She'll be street-wise. To the lies. And the jive talk. She'll find true love. And tenderness on the block. Daddy don't you ask her when she's coming in. And when she's home don't ask her where she's been. She's going out. She has a young man waiting. She's going out. Can't keep her young man waiting. She'll be okay. Let her have her day. It's a long way. It's a long walk. She'll find true love. And tenderness on the block. I know how much it hurts to see her go. She has a mind of her own you know. She's all grown up. She has a young man waiting. She's all grown up. She has a young man waiting. She was wide-eyed. Now she's street-wise. To the lies. And the jive talk. She'll find true love. And tenderness on the block. She'll find true love. And tenderness on the block.