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 To 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 a I
We've got some straighteni'n out to do

And I'm gone miss you like a child misses their blanket
But i've got to get 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' cry

The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
I must take the baby steps til I'm full grown, full grown
Fairy tales 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 do with you 
It's personal, myself and I 
We've got some straightenin' out to do

And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket 
But I've got to get move on with my life 
It's time to be a big girl now 
And big girls don't cry

Like the little school mate in the school yard 
We'll play jacks and Uno cards
 I'll be your best friend and you'll be mine 
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, dark outside 
I need to 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 straightenin' out to do

And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket 
But I've got to get 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.