Maddie Poppe - Don't Ever Let Your Children Grow Up lyrics

[Verse 1] That was the way, that was the way it was When you're five years old and don't have nowhere else to run Except into your mother's arms, where she held you so tight And 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 friend When you learned your numbers and shapes and played pretend You didn't mind that your hair was a mess, you were so carefree You didn't know how cold and cruel this world would one day be [Chorus] We were just so young We should have known We should have known That one day we'd hate our bodies and we'd orbit around bu*tons on a phone We should have known That one day we'd pluck our eyebrow hairs and wonder why the cool kids stared at me Oh why'd it have to be Our imaginations have run dry We hate ourselves and have a nightly cry And then we act like we're fine It's alcohol and bombs and d**, 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 fly But as soon as we blinked we grew up and we're 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 [Chorus] We were just so young How didn't we know How didn't we know That we'd be independent on our own and lose more friends while traveling down the road Oh, how didn't we know That there's more to life than sleepovers 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 It'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 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 it's 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