The smell of your skin lingers on me now<br />You're probably on your flight back to your home town<br />I need some shelter of my own protection baby<br />Be with myself in center, clarity<br />Peace, serenity<br /><br />CHORUS<br />I hope you know<br />I hope you know<br />That this has nothing to do with you<br />It's personal<br />Myself and I<br />We got some straightening out to do<br />And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket<br />But I've got to get a move on with my life<br />It's time to be a big girl now<br />and Big girls don't cry<br />Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry<br /><br />VERSE 2<br />The path that I'm walkin, I must go alone<br />I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown<br />Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they?<br />And I forsee the dark ahead if I stay<br /><br />CHORUS<br />I hope you know<br />I hope you know<br />That this has nothing to do with you<br />It's personal<br />Myself and I<br />[Big Girls Don't Cry lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]<br /><br />We got some straightening out to do<br />And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket<br />But I've got to get a move on with my life<br />It's time to be a big girl now<br />and Big girls don't cry<br /><br />BRIDGE<br />Like a little school mate in a school yard,<br />We'll play jacks and Uno cards<br />I'll be your best friend<br />And you'll be my Valentine<br />Yes you can hold my hand if you want to<br />Cus I wanna hold yours too<br />We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret world<br />But it's time for me to go home<br />It's getting late dark outside<br />I need to be with myself in center,<br />Clarity, peace, serenity<br /><br />CHORUS<br />I hope you know<br />I hope you know<br />That this has nothing to do with you<br />It's personal<br />Myself and I<br />We got some straightening out to do<br />And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket<br />But I've got to get a move on with my life<br />It's time to be a big girl now<br />and Big girls don't cry<br />Don't cry, don't cry don't cry