Never Grow Up

Cary recently surprised me with an early Christmas present (really early I know). I love Taylor Swift! She is such an amazing artist. Not only does she write most of her own songs and play them, but she writes about real life and uses her music to tell about her own life. She just recently had a new album come out called Speak Now and I told Cary that I wanted it for Christmas. Since Starbucks was selling it, he got it for me the day it came out since we also get a 30% discount! I was so excited to listen to it. I immediately added it to my iPod so I can listen to it when I walk, and the actual CD is in my car! One of the songs on it is called Never Grow Up and it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. I guess you have to be a mama to understand.

Never Grow Up

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight
your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
so I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
to you everything's funny
you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey if you stay like that

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
it could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you
won't let no one break your heart
and no one will desert you
just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
and you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
at 14 there's just so much you can't do
and you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
but don't make her drop you off around the block
remember that she's getting older too
and don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
it could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
and even though you want to, please try to never grow up

take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
remember the footsteps, remember the words said
and all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
in a big city, they just dropped me off
it's so much colder than I thought it would be,
so I tuck myself in turn my night light on
wish I'd never grown up, wish I'd never grown up

Oh I don't want to grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't want to grow up, wish I'd never grown up
it could still be simple

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
it could stay this simple

Won't let nobody hurt you
won't let no one break your heart
and even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up
just never grow up