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 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
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 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, 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, 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
Never grow up, just never grow up