The Girl With the Big Heart

Verse 1
She talked to the trees like they could hear
Sang to the sky when nobody was near
Hands full of daisies, dirt on her knees
She gave away love like it grew on trees

Verse 2
She felt every whisper, every goodbye
Cried when the moon went out of the sky
They said, “you’re too soft, you’re too much, too kind”
So she started folding up pieces of her mind

Chorus
But the girl with the big heart
Never meant to be small
She just learned how to hide it
Behind a wall
Still the girl with the big heart
Is under it all
Still beating
Still believing
Still standing tall

Verse 3
She loved every stranger like they were kin
Let all the broken people in
Got hurt for trusting, hurt for trying
Kept on loving, kept on crying

Pre-Chorus
They tried to toughen her up with fear
But tenderness was what kept her here

Chorus
’Cause the girl with the big heart
Never meant to be small
She just learned how to hide it
Behind a wall
Still the girl with the big heart
Is under it all
Still beating
Still believing
Still standing tall

Bridge
If you ever see her in your eyes
Little and lonely, wondering why
Tell her she’s not too much to be loved
She’s exactly enough

Final Chorus
Yeah the girl with the big heart
Was always brave
Even when she didn’t know
How to be saved
And the girl with the big heart
Still lives in your chest
She’s not broken
She’s just
Been doing her best

(soft hum, fade out)

Warm, raw female alto. Barefoot Americana, gospel and blues with heart, dirt and grace. Intimate and true.