You're a Big Girl Now - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde

Our conversation was short and sweet It nearly swept me Off of my feet And I'm back in the rain Oh, you are on dry land You made it there somehow You're a big girl now Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence He's singin' his song for me At his own expense And I'm just like that bird Oh, singin' just for you I hope that you can hear Hear me singin' through these tears Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast Oh, but what a shame That all we've shared can't last And I can change, I swear Oh, see what you can do I can make it through You can make it too Love is so simple, to quote a phrase You've known it all the time I'm learnin' it these days Oh, I know where I can find you Oh, in somebody's room It's a price I have to pay You're a big girl all the way A change in the weather Is known to be extreme But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream? And I'm going out of my mind Oh, with a pain that stops and starts Like a corkscrew to my heart Ever since we've been apart

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!

Oh, you cast me aside like a pecan hull You called me your sweetheart of the rodeo Thought I'd set my soul afire in the desert land Only to go on all alone again Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? I left all my dirty clothes on my big brass bed Took off for the city where your love was shed I left all my dirty clothes on my big brass bed Took off for the city where your love was shed Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? An old golden rose A razor love where the cut don't show An old easy chair You told me, love, I wasn't goin' nowhere Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now? Ain't I a big girl now?

I give meh all no turning back I wanna wine up wine up I not gonna cut no style if any man wanna wine up on meh I behaving rude meh bumper slack I wanna grine up grine up Cant you see how i grew up Das why when i dip down low and bruck it up doh watch me no face Mind yuh business hush yuh mouth qhen i pelting meh waist yeah I am a big woman not a little girl i now sixteen again So doh expect me too be the same cuz I issa a big girl now Watch how meh fat bumper wokin it wokin from night til morning And i doh give a damn cuz I issa big girl now Expencive liquor i drinking have meh licences now i driving So dont judge me now They used to go out and leave me all d time They used to go out, fete and enjoy the lime Now i turn a big woman i not wasting time i feel like i miss out a big part of meh life Das why when i dip down low and bruck it up doh watch me no face Mind yuh business hush yuh mouth when i pelting muh waist yeah I'm a big woman not a little girl i not sixteen again So doh expect me to be tge same cuz I issa big girl now Look how meh fat bumper wokin it wokin from night till morning And i doh give a damn cuz I issa girl now Expencive liquor i drinking have meh liscense now i driving So doh judge me now Oh, oh, ooohhh Oh, oh, ooohhh Oh, oh, ooohhh Oh, oh, ooohhh I giving my all no tolling back I wanna wine up wine up I not gonna cut so stlye if any man wanna wine up on me I behaving rude meh bumper slack I wanna grine up grine up Can't you see how i grew up That's why when i dip down low and bruck it up doh watch me no face mind yub business hush yuh mouth when i lelting meh waist yeah I 'm a big woman not a little girl i not sixteen again So doh expect me to be the same cuz I issa big girl now Watch how meh fat bumper