You took me out the other night I thought that we'd make out under the moonlight But I guess my feeling was wrong You said we're breaking up, you didn't even care Said you'd run outta love like a bag of hot air At first I didn't know if I should stay or I should go (stay or I should go) At first I didn't know if I should stay or I should go But big girls don't cry, big girls don't cry But big girls don't cry, big girls don't cry They wipe away their tears, then turn and walk away And even say goodbye Big girls don't cry Don't cry You disappear, alone at last Thought I'd be down, but I got over you real fast So I guess I'll write you a song About us breaking up like clouds in the air How you ran outta love like a bag of hot air And now it's good to know that it was right for me to go (right for me to go) And now it's good to know that it was right for me to go But big girls don't cry, big girls don't cry But big girls don't cry, big girls don't cry They wipe away their tears, then turn and walk away And even say goodbye Big girls don't cry (don't cry) Don't cry (don't cry)

The smell of your skin lingers on me now You're probably on your flight back to your home town I need some shelter of my own protection, baby And be with myself and center Clarity, peace, serenity I hope you know, I hope you know That this has nothing to do with you It's personal, myself and I We've got some straightening out to do And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket But I've got to get a move on with my life It's time to be a big girl now And big girls don't cry Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry The path that I'm walking, I must go alone I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they? And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay I hope you know, I hope you know That this has nothing to with you It's personal, myself and I We've got some straightening out to do And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket But I've got to get a move on with my life It's time to be a big girl now And big girls don't cry Like the little schoolmate in the school yard We'll play jacks and Uno cards I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to 'Cause I want to hold yours too We'll be playmates and lovers And share our secret worlds But it's time for me to go home It's getting late and dark outside I need to be with myself and center Clarity, peace, serenity, yeah I hope you know, I hope you know That this has nothing to do with you It's personal, myself and I We've got some straightening out to do And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket But I've got to get a move on with my life It's time to be a big girl now And big girls don't cry Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry