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 thing I've ever heard a woman say She's a flower child, summer's daughter (She's a summer's daughter) (love is sweet) she's sweet as water She's a flower child, she's summer's daughter And 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 thing I've ever seen a woman do She's a flower child, summer's daughter (She's a summer's daughter) (love is sweet) she's sweet as water She's a flower child, she's summer's daughter Oh, I love her Flower child, summer's daughter (I love her) Flower child, she's summer's daughter Flower child, summer's daughter (Whoa, I'll tell you right now, right now, I'll tell you I love her) Flower child, she's summer's daughter (mmm-hmm) Flower child, she's summer's daughter (Oh, you know, you know right now I love her, yes, I do, yeah) Flower child, summer's daughter