[Verse 1] Tiny shoes by the door A name I outgrew I used to fold myself small Just to fit through Now I take up the room With my heels on the floor If you blinked back then You’d miss who I was before Hand‑me‑down Sunday dress Quiet eyes on the ground Learning how to disappear Every time you came around Every whisper in the hall Taught me what to ignore But there was thunder in my chest You just never heard the roar [Chorus] I’m not that little girl anymore I’m not that little girl anymore [Verse 2] I learned how to say it When my throat used to shake I learned the hard way What I can and can’t take Kept your sharp words Like stones in my coat Now I let them fall At the end of the road Every late‑night bathroom light Every door that slammed shut Every promise made in rage Every casual cut I kept track of all the lies Like lines in a note Now I sign my own name On every word that I wrote [Chorus] I’m not that little girl anymore I’m not that little girl anymore [Verse 3] I’ve got paint on my hands And smoke in my hair Bad luck at my feet But I still get there I know every scar And the story it wrote I don’t need permission I’m the one who says go Every city that I crossed Every long empty ride Every mirror in the dark Where I met my own eyes I turned ashes into maps From the tears in my coat Now I’m pacing out the edge Like I’m walking on a quote [Verse 4] I won’t bow for the crowd I won’t shrink for a stare I’ve been broken open And I found air So call me too loud Call me too proud I’m standing my ground And I’m saying it now All the times I bit my tongue Just to keep you at ease All the rooms I folded in Just to help you breathe Now the volume’s in my hands And I’m turning it loud If you’re looking for that child She’s a ghost in this crowd [Chorus] I’m not that little girl anymore I’m not that little girl anymore
