Your little hands 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
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
No one will desert you Just try to never grow up
And 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 PJs 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
It could stay this simple And 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
In 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 than I thought it would be
So I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight on
Wish I'd never grown up
Wish I'd never grown up
Oh,
I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown up
It could still be a 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
I 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
Don't you ever grow up
So never grow up