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 in, turn on your favorite night lightTo you, everything's funny, you got nothing to regretI'd give all I have, honey, if you could stay like thatOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, just stay this littleOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heartNo, no one will desert you, just try to never grow upNever grow upYou're in the car on the way to the movies and you're mortified your mom's dropping you offAt 14 there's just so much you can't do and you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shotsBut don't make her drop you off around the block, remember that she's getting older tooAnd don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJs getting ready for schoolOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, just stay this littleOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simpleAnd no one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarredAnd even though you want to, just try to never grow upTake pictures in your mind of your childhood roomMemorize what it sounded like when your dad gets homeRemember the footsteps, remember the words said in 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 city, they just dropped me offIt's so much colder than I thought it would be so I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight onWish I'd never grown upWish I'd never grown upOh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up, could still be a littleOh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up, it could still be simpleOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, just stay this littleOh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heartAnd even though you want to, please try to never grow upDon't you ever grow upNever grow up, just never grow up