Great Big World(Cowan & Shad)

This time the postcard came from Paris

Notre Dame in the fading of the day

She dreamed that we would stroll together

Across the city down the Champs Élysées

I looked it over for a minute

Tossed it on the kitchen table

Next to the card she sent from Venice

A gondolier beneath the Bridge of Sighs

A couple kissing and she looks a little like her

She might have mentioned going there sometime

I have seen more than most

Picture by picture, post by post

It's such a great big world

It's such a great big world

The first card came from here in this town

It said “I'm leaving, and you ought to come along”

A long list of excuses I presented

But overtime I found each one of them was wrong

Cards from Belfast and Cairo

All the places I might never know

Out in the great big world

No “how are you dear?”

No “wish you were here”

Just a canceled stamp and a handwritten address

From out in that great big world

I swept the cards off of the table

Into a suitcase that I packed last night

Her mother told me that she’s still staying in Paris

I took a chance and booked a morning flight

I should have gone in the beginning

I’m gonna join her if she’s willing

Out in the great big world

Je t’aime mon cheri

Here’s where I need to be

Beside you, wherever you go

Out in that great big world

©2025 by Lance Cowan (BMI), Rees Shad (SESAC) & Shadville Music

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