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 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 a 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      The path that I'm walkin', 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 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 a 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 a 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