Baby, I'm A Big Star Now - Counting Crows

Stop... Stop telling me what to do-o Don't... Don't treat me like a child of two-o No... I know that you want what's best Please... But mother please... give it a rest! Stop, don't, no! Please... Mama, I'm a big girl now! Once upon a time when I was just a kid You never let me do just what the older kids did But lose that laundry list of what you won't allow 'Cause mama, I'm a big girl now! (Oh, Tracy!) Once upon a time I used to play with toys... But now I'd rather play around with teenage boys So if I get a hicky please don't, have a cow! 'Cause mama, I'm a big girl now! Ma, I gotta tell you that without a doubt I got my best dancing lessons from yo-ou You're the one who taught me how to twist and shout Because you shout non-stop, and you're so twisted to-o Ooooo Once I used to fidget cause I just sat home But now I'm just like Gidget, and I gotta get to Rome So say arrividicci, toodle-loo, and ciao! 'Cause mama I'm a big girl now! Oooo Stop, don't, no! Please... Mama, I'm a big girl now! Hey mama... Hey mama... Once upon a time I was a shy young thing Could barely walk and talk so much as dance and sing But let me hit that stage I wanna take my bow... 'Cause mama, I'm a big girl now! Oooooh! Once upon a time I used to dress up Ken But now that I'm a woman I like... bigger men And I don't need a barbie doll to show me how 'Cause mama I'm a big girl now! Oooooh! Ma, you always taught me what was right from wrong And now I just wanna give it a try Mama, I'm been in a nest for far to long! So please give a push and mama watch me fly! Watch me fly! Hey mama... Say mama... One day I will meet a man you won't condemn And we will have some kids and you can torture them But let me be a star before I take that vow! 'Cause mama, I'm a big girl now OOO Mama, I'm a big girl now Hey, ya, ya, ya, yay Mama... I'm a big girl... Oo, such a big big girl I'm a big girl... now... oooo (Stop don't no please) Mama, I'm a big girl now!

Ooh One, two, three, four Ooh Ooh Hey, look me over Tell me, do you like what you see? Hey, I ain't got no money But honey, I'm rich on personality Hey, check it all out Baby, I know what it's all about Before the night is through You will see my point of view Even if I have to scream and shout Baby, I'm a star Might not know it now Baby yes I are, I'm a star I don't want to stop 'til I reach the top Sing it (we are all stars) Hey, take a listen Tell me, do you like what you hear? If this don't turn you on Just say the word and I'm gone Honey I know, ain't nothing wrong with your ears, oh! Hey, check it all out Better look now or it just might be too late My luck's gonna change tonight There's gotta be a better life Take a picture sweetie, I ain't got time to waste 'Cause baby, I'm a star You might not know it now Baby, yes I are, I'm a star I don't want to stop 'til I reach the top Sing it (we are all stars) Everybody say, nothing come too easy When you got it baby, nothing come too hard You'll see what I'm all about (see what I'm all about) If I gotta scream and shout (if I gotta scream and shout) Baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Ooh Might not know it now Baby, yes I are, I'm a star Ohh-ooh I don't want to stop 'til I reach the top Sing it (star) Baby, baby, baby Oh baby, I'm a (star) Ohh-ooh Baby, baby, baby, somebody (We are all are stars) Yeah Ohh! (Baby, I'm a star) We are all are stars, yeah (Star, ooh) Baby, I'm a star We are all are stars, yeah Doctor! Baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh Baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh We are all stars

All of the sudden she disappears, Just yesterday she was here, Somebody tell me if I am sleeping, Someone should be with me here, 'Cause I don't wanna be alone. I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand, And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult, What a big baby, won't somebody save me please, You won't find nobody home. All of these quiet battered voices, Wait for the hunger to come, We got little revolvers and stupid choices, And no one to say when we're done, Well I don't wanna bring you down. I wanna be the light that burns out your eyes, 'Cause I know there's little things about me, That would sing in the silence of, So much rejection in every connection I make, Can't find nobody home. I wanna be the light that burns out your eyes, 'Cause I know there's little things about me, That would sing in the silence of, So much rejection in every connection I make, I wanna be the last thing that you hear when you're falling asleep. I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand, And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult, What a big baby, won't somebody save me please, I can't find nobody home.

Mary steers clear of the men from space Back alley kid with an American face She wants the wine, he brings a case To carry them on through I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce They bang the drum, she sets the beat They carry Miss America out into the street She sings, "snowman, scarecrow, john doe, buffalo" I wish you wouldn't go I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow Do do, do do do, do do, do do do Oh, I guess you ought to know I got the hands to teach you I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do Snowman sideshow, do do, do do do I fell out of love in the snowbound days Riding the subway in a Valium haze I need the whites, she gets the blues It carries us on through All these American boys at the Park N Shop Selling their memories for a dollar a pop Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan Corners the market on American taste And says, "spaceman, scarecrow, peep show, freak show" I wish you wouldn't go I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow Do do, do do do, do do, do do do Oh, I guess you ought to know I got the hands to teach you I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do Punk rock video, do do, do do do All the sudden the light inside you dies Maybe you're going on alone Maybe you're going all alone She dreams of sunlight, sings of smaller things White sugar bowls and wedding rings You're going on from me alone You're going on, you're on your own She was married alive in a Moscow surgery Hoping to die in a cold war nursery All of the kids back home believe in much more than we do It's a memory play where the memory fades Into pictures you took, into records we played Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly Singing, "spaceman, smoke show, scarecrow, Geronimo" I wish you wouldn't go I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow Do do, do do do, do do, do do do Oh, I guess you ought to know I got the hands to teach you I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do Snowman peepshow, do do, do do do I wish you wouldn't go I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow Do do, do do do, oh hell no, do do, do do do Oh, I guess you ought to know I got the hands to teach you I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do Listening on the midnight radio, do do, do do do