And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming
So I tuck te in, turn on your preferito night light
To you, everything's funny
te got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If te could stay like that
Oh, darling, don't te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No, 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 te off
At 14, there's just so much te can't do
And te can't wait to sposta out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop te off around the block
Remember that she's getting older, too
And don't lose the way that te dance around
In your PJs getting ready for school
Oh, darling, don't te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
It could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left te scarred
And even though te 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 preferito 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 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
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 te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't te ever grow up, don't te ever grow up
It could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even through to te want to
Please try to never grow up
Don't te ever grow up
(Never grow up)
Just never grow up
