Don't Ever Let Your Children Grow Up
Maddie Poppe
Don't Ever Let Your Children Grow Up 歌詞
That was the way, that was the way it was
When youre five years old and dont have nowhere else to run
Except into your mothers arms, where she held you so tight
And youre scared of the dark so you sleep with your little night light
When you walked up to school and everyone there was your best friend
When you learned your numbers and shapes and played pretend
You didnt mind that your hair was a mess, you were so carefree
You didnt know how cold and cruel this world would one day be
We were just so young
We should have known
We should have known
That one day wed hate our bodies and wed orbit around buttons on a phone
We should have known
That one day wed pluck our eyebrow hairs and wonder why the cool kids stared at me
Oh whyd it have to be
Our imaginations have run dry
We hate ourselves and have a nightly cry
And then we act like were fine
Its alcohol and bombs and drugs, dont ever let your children grow up
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
We would swing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could fly
But as soon as we blinked we grew up and were junior high
So our dads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out till ten
So the makeup comes out and we think we need the perfect boyfriend
We were just so young
How didnt we know
How didnt we know
That wed be independent on our own and lose more friends while traveling down the road
Oh, how didnt we know
That theres more to life thansleepovers and jocks turn out worse than the science nerds
But somehow that all gets blurred
And some relationships they end real fast
And though you want you might never get it back
The doors close just like that
Its depression and its broken love, dont ever let your children grow up
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Were no longer young
So now that we know
So now that we know
That this world could use some turning round, if only we could find some common ground
But its up to us
And although at times it gets so rough, you have got to let your children grow up
Yeah, you have got to let your children, got to let your children grow up
