[0.42] Verse 1 [0.78] Your little hands wrapped around my finger [1.89] And its so quiet in the world tonight [3.15] Your little eyelids flutter cause youre dreaming [4.2] So I tuck you in turn on your favorite night light [5.28] To you everythings funny you got nothing to regret [6.66] Id give all I have honey [7.29] If you could stay like that [8.16] Chorus [8.37] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [9.51] Dont you ever grow up just stay this little [10.92] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [11.82] Dont you ever grow up it could stay this simple [13.02] I wont let nobody hurt you wont let no one break your heart [15.96] And no one will desert you [16.92] Just try to never grow up never grow up [17.82] Verse 2 [18.0] Youre in the car on the way to the movies [20.1] And youre mortified your moms dropping you off [22.26] At 14 theres just so much you cant do [23.76] And you cant wait to move out someday and call your own shots [26.01] But dont make her drop you off around the block [27.18] Remember that shes getting older too [28.14] And dont lose the way that you dance around in your pjs getting ready for school [30.42] Chorus [30.63] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [31.77] Dont you ever grow up just stay this little [33.48] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [35.1] Dont you ever grow up it could stay this simple [36.84] No ones ever burned you nothings ever left you scarred [39.39] And even though you want to just try to never grow up [41.4] Verse 3 [41.94] Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room [45.54] Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home [47.16] Remember the footsteps remember the words said [49.95] And all your little brothers favorite songs [51.54] I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone [53.85] So here I am in my new apartment [55.41] In a big city they just dropped me off [56.7] Its so much colder that I thought it would be [57.81] So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on [59.58] Wish Id never grown up [60.45] I wish Id never grown up [61.14] Chorus [61.47] Oh I dont wanna grow up wish Id never grown up [63.03] I could still be little [63.69] Oh I dont wanna grow up wish Id never grown up [64.76] It could still be simple [65.34] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [66.03] Dont you ever grow up just stay this little [67.35] Oh darling dont you ever grow up [68.13] Dont you ever grow up it could stay this simple [70.17] Wont let nobody hurt you [70.83] Wont let no one break your heart [71.7] And even though you want to please try to never grow up [74.49] Oh dont you ever grow up [75.12] Oh never grow up just never grow up