♪ WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I WAS SCARED OF GROWING UP ♪

♪ I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT I WAS TERRIFIED OF LOVE ♪

♪ FELT LIKE I HAD TO CHOOSE BUT IT WAS OUTTA MY CONTROL ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO BE SAVED, I WAS GOING CRAZY ON MY OWN ♪

♪ IT TOOK ME YEARS TO TELL MY MOTHER, I EXPECTED THE WORST ♪

♪ I GATHERED ALL THE COURAGE IN THE WORLD ♪

♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪

♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪

♪ SHE WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND ME ♪

♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" ♪

♪ SHE LOVES ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪

♪ I GOT A LITTLE OLDER WISHING ALL MY TIME AWAY ♪

♪ RIDING ON THE PAVEMENT, EVERY SUNNY DAY WAS GREY ♪

♪ I TRUSTED IN MY FRIENDS ♪

♪ THEN ALL MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN ♪

♪ I WISH I NEVER SAID A THING ♪

♪ 'CAUSE TO THEM I'M A STRANGER NOW ♪

♪ I RAN HOME I SAW MY MOTHER, ♪

♪ IT WAS WRITTEN ON MY FACE ♪

♪ FELT LIKE I HAD A HEART OF GLASS ABOUT TO BREAK ♪

♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪

♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪

♪ SHE WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND ME ♪

♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" (YEAH) ♪

♪ NOW I'M A MAN AND I'M SO MUCH WISER ♪

♪ I WALK THE EARTH WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGHER ♪

♪ I GOT THE LOVE THAT I NEED ♪

♪ BUT I WAS STILL MISSING ONE SPECIAL PIECE ♪

♪ MY FATHER LOOKED AT ME ♪

♪ HE SAID I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪

♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE ♪

♪ HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND ME ♪

♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" ♪

♪ HE LOVES ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪

♪ AND THEY LOVE ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪

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