When you're a skinny child of fourteen
Wide with braces from ear to ear
You doubt that you could ever be appealing
Then hallelujah, you are fifteen and the braces disappear
And your skin is smooth and clear
And you have that happy grown up female feeling

How lovely to be a woman, the wait was well worth while
How lovely to wear mascara and smile a woman's smile
How lovely to have a figure that's round instead of flat
Whenever you hear boys whistle you're what they're whistling at
It's wonderful to feel the way a woman feels
It gives you such a glow just to know, you're wearing lipstick and heels

How lovely to be a woman and have one job to do
To pick out a boy and train him and then when you are through
You've made him the man you want him to be
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me

How wonderful to know the things a woman knows
How marvelous to wait for a date in simply beautiful clothes
How lovely to be a woman and change from boys to men
To go to a fancy nightclub and stay out after ten
How lovely to be so grown up and free
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me