Big Girls Are Best Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Keyser Sushi 

Cover art for Big Girls Are Best lyrics by U2

There's a dual meaning of course... "big girls" doesn't have to mean fat girls.

It also can mean older women. As in "You're a big girl now." Opposite of a little girl.

I mean we put a lot of emphasis on youth and the nubile beauty of young girls, but young girls are fickle and don't know who they are or what they want. Older women know what they want and who they are and are comfortable with it. They make better companions.

Big girls are best.

I could not agree more. I think of this song as a long overdue praise of the Wife/Mother role that our society under-appreciates because neither calling earns money (per se). A true homemaker is one whose job is invaluable and therefore not transferable (i.e. farmed out to the lowest bidder).

On a more esoteric note, I see praise of Lady Wisdom--the Holy Spirit.

Big girls ARE best.