Tell her you care each time you speak Make it her birthday each day of the week Bring her nice things sugar-and-spice things Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses One day she’ll smile next day she’ll cry Minute to minute you’ll never know why Coax her pet her better yet get her Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses Bridge: We try acting grownup but as a rule We’re all little children fresh from school So carry her books that’ how it starts Fourteen or forty they’re kids in their hearts Keep them handy flowers and candy Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses Interlude: So carry her books that’ how it starts Fourteen or forty they’re kids in their hearts Keep them handy flowers and candy Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses Tell her you care each time you speak Make it her birthday each day of the week Bring her nice things sugar-and-spice things Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses One day she’ll smile next day she’ll cry Minute to minute you’ll never know why Coax her pet her better yet get her Roses and lollipops and roses