I can?t even believe we?re havin? this conversation again
Oh my God
Here?s the thing I need you to stop treatin? me

As if I?m simple or naive
As if I don?t know nothin? ?bout the world
 
I understand you think you?re protectin?  
Dm 
me
 
Well, I could use a little room to  
F 
breathe
And the respect you give a woman not a girl
Here?s the thing I appreciate all the love

The constant caterin?, kisses and hugs
But lately I?m wonderin? what you do it for
If the reason you act all over sweet is

?Cause you want to keep me on a leash
I have no choice but to show you the door
 
If you wanna cradle  
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me like a  
F 
little 
 
girl
 
And lock me down,  
Am 
I?m not your possession
 
I?m a  
C 
full grown woman, I  
G 
am not your porcelain doll
If you wanna cradle me like a little girl

And lock me down, I?m not your possession
C 
I?m a full grown woman, I am not your  
C# 
porcelain 
 
doll
 
Here?s  
F 
the thing you wanna put me in fancy clothes
And take me everywhere you go
And show me off to all your fancy friends, okay
Well, here?s the thing I really don?t mind the clothes

I love a nice dress with some open toes
But a trophy I?m not so baby think again, hey
And here?s the thing you always wanna hold my hand

And say things to me like I?m the man
 
So let me do what a man?s  
C 
suppose to do, okay
 
Well, here?s the thing you can  
F 
be the man all the while
Understandin? I?m not a child
You?re the man for sure but baby I?m grown too, hey
 
If you wanna cradle  
G 
me like a little girl
 
And lock me  
Bbm 
down, I?m  
F 
not your possession
 
I?m a full  
Am 
grown woman, I am not your porcelain doll
 
If  
G 
you wanna cradle me like a little  
C# 
girl
 
And  
F 
lock me down, I?m not your possession
I?m a full grown woman, I am not your porcelain doll
Bbm 
 
Said you gotta  
C# 
respect me totally otherwise I?m gonna up and leave
And baby I know you don?t want me to do that
Babe you gotta respect me totally, so when I say back up off of me
Just kiss my cheek and politely move back
C 
 
Oh, you wanna  
G 
cradle me like a little girl
 
And lock me down,  
F 
I?m not your possession
 
I?m a  
Am 
full grown woman, I am not your  
C 
porcelain doll, hey, hey, hey
You wanna cradle me like a little girl

And lock me down, I?m not your possession
I?m a full grown woman, I am not your porcelain doll, hey, hey, hey
 
I?m a full  
F 
grown woman, I am  
Fm 
not your porcelain doll, one more time
I?m a full grown woman, I am not your porcelain doll
 
That?s it in  
Gm 
A 
 
nutshell