Maddie Poppe - Don't Ever Let Your Children Grow Up Lyrics
[Verse 1]That was the way, that was the way it wasWhen you're five years old and don't have nowhere else to runExcept into your mother's arms, where she held you so tightAnd you're scared of the dark so you sleep with your little night light[Verse 2]When you walked up to school and everyone there was your best friendWhen you learned your numbers and shapes and played pretendYou didn't mind that your hair was a mess, you were so carefreeYou didn't know how cold and cruel this world would one day be[Chorus]We were just so youngWe should have knownWe should have knownThat one day we'd hate our bodies and we'd orbit around buttons on a phoneWe should have knownThat one day we'd pluck our eyebrow hairs and wonder why the cool kids stared at meOh why'd it have to beOur imaginations have run dryWe hate ourselves and have a nightly cryAnd then we act like we're fineIt's alcohol and bombs and drugs, don't ever let your children grow up(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)[Verse 3]We would swing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could flyBut as soon as we blinked we grew up and we're junior highSo our dads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out 'till tenSo the makeup comes out and we think we need the perfect boyfriend[Chorus]We were just so youngHow didn't we knowHow didn't we knowThat we'd be independent on our own and lose more friends while traveling down the roadOh, how didn't we knowThat there's more to life than sleepovers and jocks turn out worse than the science nerdsBut somehow that all gets blurredAnd some relationships they end real fastAnd though you want you might never get it backThe doors close just like thatIt's depression and it's broken love, don't ever let your children grow up(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)We're no longer youngSo now that we knowSo now that we knowThat this world could use some turning 'round, if only we could find some common groundBut it's up to usAnd although at times it gets so rough, you have got to let your children grow upYeah, you have got to let your children, got to let your children grow up
