lifeblood: songs: lyrics: you're a big girl now

our conversation
was short and sweet
it nearly swept me
off-a my feet
and i'm back in the rain
oh oh
and you are on dry land
well you made it there somehow
you're a big girl now

bird on the horizon
sittin' on a fence
he's singin' his song for me
at his own expense
and i'm just like that bird
oh oh
singin' just for you
i hope that you can hear
hear me singin' through these tears

time is a jet plane
it moves too fast
oh but what a shame
if all we've shared can't last
i can change i swear
oh oh
see what you can do
oh i can make it through
you can make it too

now love is so simple
to quote a phrase
you've known it all the time
i'm learnin' it these days
well i know where i can find you
oh oh
in somebody's room
it's a price i have to pay
you're a big girl all the way

a change in the weather
is known to be extreme
but what's the sense of changing
horses in midstream
i'm going out of my mind
oh oh
with a pain that stops and starts
like a corkscrew to my heart
ever since we've been apart

words and music by bob dylan
as performed by amy ray 2025-01-24: cain's ballroom - tulsa, oklahoma (shelter from the storm: a celebration of the 50th anniversary of "blood on the tracks" - bob dylan center) (amy ray)