Big Person/Small Person

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I made a pop song about what it’s like to be bigger than most people, or smaller than most people. That’s… pretty much all there is to it. I hope it infects your ears!

I sing Big Person, and Small Person is sung by dear friend and longtime collaborator Michael Holt.

Illustration by the brilliant Megan Montague Cash.

Lyrics

When you're a small person
They don't believe you are strong
When you're a big person
You feel like you don't belong

When you're a small person
You don't get treated your age
When you're a big person
You block their view of the stage

The other kids knew how to taunt and to tease
And it took years to find a feeling of ease
To take up space as I please

When you're a big person
An airplane seat is a squeeze
When you're a small person
There's lots of room for your knees

When you're a big person
Nothing you buy seems to fit
When you're a small person
Your feet don't touch when you sit

When I was 5 I only wanted to grow
And though I slowed now that I'm older I know
I grew in ways that don't show