Your little hands wrapped around my finger And it's so quiet in the world tonight Your little eyelids flutter cause youre dreaming So I tuck you in turn on your favorite night light To you everythings 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 wont let nobody hurt you wont 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 youre mortified your moms dropping you off At 14 theres just so much you cant do And you cant wait to move out someday and call your own shots But don't make her drop you off around the block Remember that shes 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 No ones ever burned you nothings 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 get's home Remember the footsteps remember the words said And all your little brothers 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 Wont let nobody hurt you Wont 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