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♪ WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I WAS SCARED OF GROWING UP ♪
♪ I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT I WAS TERRIFIED OF LOVE ♪
♪ FELT LIKE I HAD TO CHOOSE BUT IT WAS OUTTA MY CONTROL ♪
♪ I NEEDED TO BE SAVED, I WAS GOING CRAZY ON MY OWN ♪
♪ IT TOOK ME YEARS TO TELL MY MOTHER, I EXPECTED THE WORST ♪
♪ I GATHERED ALL THE COURAGE IN THE WORLD ♪
♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪
♪ SHE WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" ♪
♪ SHE LOVES ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I GOT A LITTLE OLDER WISHING ALL MY TIME AWAY ♪
♪ RIDING ON THE PAVEMENT, EVERY SUNNY DAY WAS GREY ♪
♪ I TRUSTED IN MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ THEN ALL MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER SAID A THING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE TO THEM I'M A STRANGER NOW ♪
♪ I RAN HOME I SAW MY MOTHER, ♪
♪ IT WAS WRITTEN ON MY FACE ♪
♪ FELT LIKE I HAD A HEART OF GLASS ABOUT TO BREAK ♪
♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪
♪ SHE WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" (YEAH) ♪
♪ NOW I'M A MAN AND I'M SO MUCH WISER ♪
♪ I WALK THE EARTH WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGHER ♪
♪ I GOT THE LOVE THAT I NEED ♪
♪ BUT I WAS STILL MISSING ONE SPECIAL PIECE ♪
♪ MY FATHER LOOKED AT ME ♪
♪ HE SAID I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" ♪
♪ HE LOVES ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ AND THEY LOVE ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪
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