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Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now Lyrics by Marissa Jaret Winokur, Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2002

[PRUDY, spoken]
Don't contradict me!
[VELMA, spoken]
Don’t disobey me!
[EDNA, spoken]
Don't even think about going to that audition!
[TRACY, PENNY & AMBER, spoken]
Please!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY, spoken]
No!
[PENNY, AMBER & TRACY, spoken]
Mother!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop!
[PENNY]
Stop telling me what to do
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Don't!
[AMBER]
Don’t treat me like a child of two
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
No!
[TRACY]
I know that you want what's best
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Please!
[TRACY]
But mother, please—
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Give it a rest!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please!
Mama, I'm a big girl now!
[TRACY]
Once upon a time when I was just a kid
You never let me do just what the older kids did
So lose that laundry list of what you won't allow
[EDNA, spoken]
Oh, Tracy...
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
'Cause Mama, I’m a big girl now!
[AMBER]
Once upon a time I used to play with toys
But now I’d rather play around with teenage boys
So if I get a hickey, please don't have a cow!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
’Cause Mama, I'm a big girl now!
[PENNY]
Ma, I gotta tell you that without a doubt
I got 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!
[TRACY]
Once I used to fidget ’cause I just sat home
[AMBER]
But now I'm just like Gidget and I gotta get to Rome!
[PENNY]
So say "Arrivederci!"
[TRACY]
"Toodle-loo!"
[AMBER]
And "Ciao!"
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
'Cause Mama, I'm a big girl now!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please!
[EDNA, VELMA & PRUDY]
Stop! Don't! No!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Please! Mama, I'm a big girl now!
[ENSEMBLE]
Hey Mama, Say Mama
[TRACY]
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
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
'Cause Mama I'm a big girl now!
[AMBER]
Oh-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
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
'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 the nest for far too long
So please give a push and mama watch me fly
[AMBER]
Watch me fly!
[ENSEMBLE]
Hey Mama
Say Mama
[PENNY]
Someday I will meet a man you won't condemn
[AMBER]
And we will have some kids and you can torture them
[TRACY]
But let me be a star before I take that vow
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
'Cause Mama, I'm a big girl now...
[PENNY]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Mama, I'm a big girl now...
[AMBER]
Hey, hey, hey!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
Mama, I'm a big girl
[AMBER]
Such a big, big girl!
[TRACY, AMBER & PENNY]
I'm a big girl now!
[ENSEMBLE & (TRACY, AMBER & PENNY)]
Stop! Don't! No.. Please! (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Stop! Don't! No.. Please! (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Stop! Don't! No.. Please! (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
[ALL]
Mama, I'm a big girl now!
Credits
Marissa Jaret Winokur

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Laura Bell Bundy

Laura Bell Bundy

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler

Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

About “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” by Marissa Jaret Winokur

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