Never Grow Up

[00:14.80] Your little hand's wrapped around my finger

[00:18.12] And it's so quiet in the world tonight

[00:22.63] Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming

[00:25.82] So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

[00:30.07] To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret

[00:39.37] I'd give all I have, honey

[00:42.56] If you could stay like that

[00:45.48] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[00:48.66] Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

[00:52.92] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[00:56.10] Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

[01:01.68] I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart

[01:09.39] And no one will desert you

[01:13.65] Just try to never grow up, never grow up

[01:31.46] You're in the car on the way to the movies

[01:34.63] And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off

[01:39.15] At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do

[01:42.34] And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots

[01:46.96] But don't make her drop you off around the block

[01:50.67] Remember that she's getting older too

[01:52.52] And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

[02:02.09] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[02:05.01] Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

[02:09.79] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[02:13.24] Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

[02:19.09] No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred

[02:27.06] And even though you want to, just try to never grow up

[02:40.87] Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

[02:48.57] Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home

[02:54.75] Remember the footsteps, remember the words said

[02:59.27] And all your little brother's favorite songs

[03:04.04] I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

[03:12.01] So here I am in my new apartment

[03:14.40] In a big city, they just dropped me off

[03:19.18] It's so much colder than I thought it would be

[03:22.90] So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

[03:33.01] Wish I'd never grown up

[03:39.12] I wish I'd never grown up

[03:42.10] Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

[03:47.68] I could still be little

[03:50.07] Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

[03:55.12] It could still be simple

[03:58.04] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[04:00.96] Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

[04:05.48] Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

[04:08.40] Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

[04:14.24] Won't let nobody hurt you

[04:17.70] Won't let no one break your heart

[04:21.68] And even though you want to, please try to never grow up

[04:29.38] Oh, don't you ever grow up

[04:37.10] Oh, never grow up, just never grow up