Yourlittle hands wrapped around my fingerAnd it's so quiet in the world tonightYour little eyelids flutter cause you're dreamingSo I tuck you in,turn on your favorite nightTo you, everything's funnyYou got nothing to regretI'd give all I have,honey If you could stay like thatOh,darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow upJust stay this little Oh,darling, don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow upIt could stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt youWon't let no one break your heartNo, no one will desert youJust try to never grow upAnd never grow upYou're in the car on the way to the moviesAnd you're mortified your mom's dropping you offAt 14 there's just so much you can't do And you can't wait to move out somedayand call your own shotsBut don't make her drop you off around the blockRemember that she's getting older tooAnd don't lose the way that you danceAround in your PJs getting ready for schoolOh, darling, don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow upJust stay this littleOh,darling, don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up It could stay this simpleAnd no one's ever burned you Nothing's ever left you scarredAnd even though you want to Just try to never grow upTake pictures in your mind of your childhood roomMemorize what it sounded like when your dad gets homeRemember the footsteps,remember the words saidAnd all your little brother's favorite songsI just realized everything I have is someday gonna be goneSo here I am in my new apartment in a big cityThey just dropped me off It's so much colder than I thought it wouldbe So I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight onWish I'd never grown upWish I'd never grown up Oh,I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown upIt could still be a little Oh,I don't wanna grow upWish I'd never grown up It could still be simpleOh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow upJust stay this a littleOh darling, don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow upCan stay this simpleWon't let nobody hurt youWon't let no one break your heartAnd even though you want toPlease try to never goOh oh oh oh,oh oh ohDon't you ever grow upOh oh oh oh, never grow upJust never grow up