STOP TELLING ME
WHAT TO DO
DON'T TREAT ME
LIKE A CHILD OF TWO
I KNOW THAT YOU
WANT WHAT'S BEST
BUT MOTHER PLEASE
GIVE IT A REST...
STOP, DON'T, NO, PLEASE
STOP, DON'T, NO, PLEASE
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
ONCE UPON A TIME
I PLAYED WITH
CHILDHOOD TOYS
BUT NOW I'D RATHER
PLAY AROUND
WITH OLDER BOYS
SO, IF I GET A HICKEY
PLEASE DON'T HAVE A COW
'CAUSE MAMA
I'M A BIG GIRL NOW
MA, I GOTTA TELL YOU
THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT
I GET MY BEST DANCING
LESSONS FROM YOU
YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO TAUGHT ME
HOW TO TWIST AND SHOUT
BECAUSE YOU SHOUT NON-STOP
AND YOU'RE SO TWISTED TOO
OH-OH-OH-OH-OH
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 ARRIVEDERCI
TOODLE-OO AND CIAO
'CAUSE MAMA
I'M A BIG GIRL NOW
WOAH-OH-OH
STOP, DON'T, NO, PLEASE
STOP, DON'T, NO, PLEASE
STOP, DON'T, NO, PLEASE
MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW
HEY, MAMA
SAY, 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
WOAH-OH-OH-OH-OH
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
MA, YOU ALWAYS TAUGHT ME
WHAT WAS RIGHT FROM WRONG
AND NOW I JUST
WANNA GIVE IT A TRY
MAMA, I'VE BEEN IN YOUR NEST
FOR FAR TOO LONG
SO, PLEASE GIVE A PUSH
AND MAMA, WATCH ME FLY
WATCH ME FLY...
SOME 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
WOAH-OH-OH
MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY
MAMA... I'M A BIG GIRL
I'M A BIG GIRL NOW...
WOAH-OH-OH-OH...
WOAH-OH-OH-OH...
PLEASE
MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW