Gigi
Eddie Fisher Lyrics

She's a babe
She is very young and inexperienced.

Just a babe
Extremely young and naive.

Still cavorting in her crib
She is still playing and having fun in her bed.

Eating breakfast with a bib
She is still very young and needs a bib while eating.

With her baby teeth
She still has her milk teeth.

And all her baby curls
Her hair is still in its unformed curly state.

She's a tot
She's still very young and fragile.

Just a tot
Very young and in need of care.

Good for bouncing on your knee
She's still light enough to be bounced on an adult's knee.

I am positive that she
I am sure that she.

Doesn't even know that boys aren't girls
She is still too young to understand gender differences.

She's a snip
She's still going through toddlerhood.

Just a snip
Nothing more than a young child.

Making dreadful baby noise
She is still making unpleasant noises like babies do.

Having fun with all her toys
She's still enjoying her childhood toys.

Just a chickadee who needs a mother hen
She's still in need of motherly care and protection.

She's a cub, a papoose
She's still in her cocoon, waiting to blossom.

You could never turn her loose
She needs to be kept safe and protected at all times.

She's too infantile to take her from her pen
She's still too young to leave her crib for long periods.

Of course, that weekend in Trouville
However, during that weekend in Trouville.

In spite of all her youthful zeal
Despite her childlike enthusiasm.

She was exceedingly polite
She demonstrated a lot of politeness.

And on the whole a sheer delight
Overall, she was a pleasure to be around.

And if it wasn't joy galore
Though it wasn't a perfect experience.

At least not once was she a bore,
She was never dull or uninteresting.

That I recall
That's what I remember.

No, not at all
Absolutely not.

Ah! She's a child
Despite all these positive traits, she's still a child.

A silly child
A young and naive child who does not always make the best decisions.

Adolescent to her toes
She's growing up but still has a lot of growing to do.

And good heaven how it shows
It's evident that she's still young and innocent.

Sticky thumbs are all the fingers she has got
She still lacks some basic skills and coordination.

She's a child
She has not fully grown up.

A clumsy child
She's still very clumsy and uncoordinated.

She's as swollen as a grape
Her body is still developing and she's yet to have a figure.

And she doesn't have a shape
Her body is yet to fully develop and mature.

Where her figure ought to be,
At the age when girls usually have visible curves.

It is not!
She doesn't have it yet.

Just a child
She's still young and in need of guidance.

A growing child
She's maturing slowly but surely.

That's so backward for her years
She's still far behind her peers in terms of physical development.

If a boy her age appears
If she happens to encounter a boy of her age around her.

I am certain he will never call again!
He's less likely to show interest in a girl who's still too young.

She's a scamp and a brat
She can be very mischievous and unruly at times.

Doesn't know where she is at
She's still discovering who she is and what she's capable of.

Unequipped and undesirable to men
She's yet too young to be seen as desirable to men.

Of course, I must confess
However, there's something I must admit.

That in that brand new little dress
When she wore a new dress for an event.

She looked surprisingly mature
She looked more mature than her actual age.

And had a definite allure
She had some attraction towards men.

It was a shock in fact to me
It was quite unexpected.

The most amazing shock to see
A truly surprising sight.

The way it clung
The dress she wore hugged her curves.

On one, so young!
On a child who's yet to fully mature yet.

She's a girl,
She's a female child and not yet a woman.

A little girl!
A child who's still growing and developing.

Getting older, it is true
She's slowly outgrowing her young age.

Which is what they always do
It's a natural process of aging.

Till that unexpected hour
Until the point when the unexpected happens.

When they blossom like a flower!
When they finally reach full physical and emotional maturity.

Oh no
An expression of disbelief.

Oh no
Another expression of disbelief.

But, but,
An indication that something is not right.

There's sweeter music when she speaks
She has a sweet voice.

Isn't there?
A rhetorical question.

Could I be wrong?
Is it possible that I'm mistaken?

Could it be so?
Is it really true?

Oh where, oh where
Where exactly is she?

Did Gigi go?
Where is Gigi right now?

Gigi! Am I a fool without a mind
Gigi, am I foolish and lacking common sense.

Or have I merely been too blind to realize?
Or have I just not been paying attention?

Oh Gigi! Why you've been growing up before my very eyes
Gigi, you've been growing and maturing without me realizing it.

Gigi! You're not at all
Gigi, you're nothing like what you used to be.

That funny, awkward little girl, I knew
The young and innocent girl that I knew is gone.

Oh no! Over night there's been a breathless change in you
There has been a sudden and significant change in you in a short time.

Oh Gigi! While you were trembling on the brink
Oh Gigi, while you were standing at the edge of change.

Was I out yonder somewhere blinking at a star?
Was I too preoccupied with something else?

Oh Gigi! Have I been standing up too close
Oh Gigi, have I been too close to see the changes in you?

Or back too far?
Or have I been too far away to recognize the signs?

When did your sparkle turn to fire?
When did you mature and become such a vibrant being?

And your warmth become desire?
When did your warmth start to attract desire?

Oh what miracle has made you the way you are?
What has caused you to become the person you are now?

Gigi!
Addressing Gigi directly.

Gigi!
Added emphasis to the address.

Gigi!
More emphasis to the address.

Oh no! I was mad not to have seen the change in you
I was crazy not to have noticed the changes in you.

Oh Gigi!
Calling out to Gigi again.