The world is far too vast for me to know
The cure with which to quell my raging heart,
But still, from girl to woman I must grow.

My future buds beneath the winter snow
So near, and yet a thousand leagues apart;
The world is far too vast for me to know.

And every misstep strikes me like a blow
With wisdom now, I pray, let me restart!
But still, from girl to woman I must grow.

And let the seasons give up all they owe,
Let sun and wind be th’other’s counterpart --
The world is far too vast for me to know.

My little feet sucked at by undertow,
I’ll bravely face the current, call it art --
But still, from girl to woman I must grow.

For I, the same as all the seeds they sow,
Can’t yet absorb all’th knowledge you impart;
The world is far too vast for me to know,
But still, from girl to woman I must grow.