Your little hands wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonightYour little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming so I tuck you inTurn on your favorite night lightTo you, everything's funnyYou got nothing to regretI'd give all I have, honeyIf you could stay like thatOh, 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 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 doAnd you can't wait to move out someday and 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 dance around in your PJsGetting 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 upIt could stay this simpleAnd no one's ever burned youNothing's ever left you scarredAnd even though you want toJust try to never grow upTake pictures in your mind of your childhoodMemorize what it sounded likeWhen your dad gets homeRemember the footstepsRemember 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 offIt's so much colder than I thought it would beSo I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight onWish I'd never grown upWish I'd never grown upOh, I don't wanna grow upWish I'd never grown upIt could still be a littleOh, I don't wanna grow upWish I'd never grown upIt could still be simpleOh, 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 upIt could stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt youWon't let no one break your heartAnd even though you want toPlease try to never grow upDon't you ever grow upNever grow upJust never grow up
