This girl I know needs some shelter   She don't believe anyone can help her   She's doing so much harm   Doing so much damage      But you don't want to get involved   You tell her she can manage   And you can't change the way she feels   But you could put your arms around her      I know you want to live yourself   But could you forgive yourself   If you left her just the way you found her      I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection   I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection      You're a boy and I'm a girl   But you know you can lean on me   And I don't have no fear   I'll take on any man here   Who says that's not the way it should be      I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection   I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection      She's a girl and you're a boy   Sometimes you look so small, you look so small   I've got a baby of your own   When your baby's grown, she'll be the one   To catch you when you fall      I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection   I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection      You're a girl and I'm a boy   You're a girl and I'm a boy yeah   You're a girl and I'm a boy   You're a girl and I'm a boy hey      Sometimes you look so small, you need some shelter   Just runnin' round and round, helter skelter   And I've leaned on me for years now you can lean on me   And that's more than love, that's the way it should be   Now I can't change the way you think      But I can put my arms around you   That's just part of the deal   That's the way I feel   I put my arms around you      I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection   I stand in front of you   I'll take the force of the blow, protection      You're a boy and I'm a girl   You're a boy and I'm a girl, hey   You're a boy and I'm a girl   You're a boy and I'm a girl, yeah