I was just a little girl Peekin' out of my mama's apron strings I was just a little girl But I knew what had to be It would roll, it would roll It would roll all over me I was just a little girl But I knew what had to be Easter dresses and choir robes Ballet slippers and pierced earlobes I was just a little girl But I knew the ways of this world County fairs and church bazaars Swimmin' pools and muscle cars I was nothin' but a girl But I knew the ways of this world And the years peeled away Like pages and pages of a novel Grown men, powerful men They will fall at my feet to grovel And they'd roll, they will roll They will roll all over me But I am not a little girl And I know what has to be