How You've Grown Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

My how you've grown I remember that phrase 

From my childhood days too,"Just wait and see" 

I remember those words and how they chided me 

When patient was the hardest thing to be 

Because we can't make up for the time that we've lost 

I must let these memories provide 

No little girl can stop her world to wait for me 

I should have known 

At your age, in a string of days, the year is gone 

But in that space of time it takes so long 

Because we can't make up 

For the time that we've lost 

I must let these memories provide 

No little girl can stop her world to wait for me 

Every time we say goodbye 

You're frozen in my mind 

As the child that you'll never will be 

You never will be again 

I'll never be 

Be more to you than a stranger could be 

Every time we say goodbye 

You're frozen in my mind 

As the child that you'll never will be 

You'll never will be again 

Every time we say goodbye 

You're frozen in my mind 

As the child that you'll never will be 

Will be again