Your little hand's wrapped around my finger And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night
light To you everything's funny, you got nothing
to regret I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this
simple I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no
one break your heart And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
You're in the car on the way to the movies And you're mortified your mom's dropping you
off At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too And don't lose the way that you dance around
in your pj's getting ready for school
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this
simple No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left
you scarred And even though you want to, just try to never
grow up
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs I just realized everything I have is someday
gonna be gone
So here I am in my new apartment In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
Wish I'd never grown up I wish I'd never grown up
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown
up It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this
simple Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart And even though you want to, please try to
never grow up Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up