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 And 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 pj's 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 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

And 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 that 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

I 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 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 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 Oh, don't you ever grow up

Oh, never grow up, just never grow up