Little Big Girl

No one ever told you it would be like this

That you keep on getting older, but you feel just like a kid

Now they treat you like a lady

Sometimes all you want is to cry like a baby

In your mama's arms

Hold on, little big girl

Hold on

See her in the mirror in your make-up case

Who's that little girl with the lines on her face

Painting on the eyes of a grown woman

And the smile of a child trying to please someone

You look like your mama when you smile that way

Standing in the kitchen at the end of a working day

Children on her mind, wine on her breath

Finishing the dishes in the darkness

Hold on, little big girl

Hold on, little big girl

Hold on, little big girl

Hold on

Hold on a minute, mom

Tell me why

How come I feel so small sometimes?

I thought by now I'd have it all figured out

Well I don't

How come you never told me?

You grow up by mistake

Grow up by surprise

Grow up underneath the gaze of many grown men's eyes

Try to act your age now, but you don't know how it's done

All grown up and somehow still afraid to disappoint someone

Let him have his way instead of saying what you want

Hold on

Tell him it's okay instead of telling him what's wrong

Hold on

How come you're ashamed to show your face without your make-up on?

Maybe you should face that you're ashamed to not be young

Standing in the kitchen

With a ticking clock

And you catch your own reflection

In the window in the dark

And for a moment, it's your mama

Coming home from work

Tell her you love her

Tell her you're her

Little big girl, hold on

Little big girl, hold on

Little big girl

Hold on

Hold on