Maddie Poppe - Dont ever let your children grow up

^CThat was the way, that was the way it ^Emwas When you're ^Amfive years old and don't have nowhere else to ^Frun Except ^Cinto your mother's arms, where she held you so ^Emtight And you're ^Amscared of the dark so you sleep with your little night ^Flight

When you ^Cwalked up to school and everyone there was your best ^Emfriend When you ^Amlearned your numbers and shapes and played ^Fpretend You didn't ^Cmind that your hair was a mess, you were so care^Emfree You didn't ^Amknow how cold and cruel this world would ^Fone day be

^DmWe were just so ^Gyoung We should have ^Cknown We ^Emshould have ^Amknown That one ^Dmday we'd hate our bodies and we'd ^Gorbit around buttons on a ^Cphone We ^Emshould have ^Amknown That one ^Dmday we'd pluck our eyebrow hairs and ^Gwonder why the cool kids stared at ^Cme Oh ^Emwhy'd it have to ^Ambe Our ^Dmimaginations have run dry We ^Ghate ourselves and have a nightly ^Ccry And then we ^Emact like we're ^Amfine It's ^Dmalcohol and bombs and drugs, don't ^Gever let your children grow ^Cup

(Oh ^Emoh oh oh oh ^Amoh) C Em

We would ^Cswing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could ^Emfly But as ^Amsoon as we blinked we grew up and we're junior ^Fhigh So our ^Cdads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out 'till ^Emten So the ^Ammakeup comes out and we think we need the ^Fperfect boyfriend

^DmWe were just so ^Gyoung How didn't we ^Cknow How ^Emdidn't we ^Amknow That we'd be ^Dmindependent on our own and ^Glose more friends while traveling down the ^Croad Oh, how ^Emdidn't we ^Amknow That there's ^Dmmore to life than sleepovers and ^Gjocks turn out worse than the science ^Cnerds But ^Emsomehow that all gets ^Amblurred And some re^Dmlationships they end real fast And ^Gthough you want you might never get it ^Cback The doors ^Emclose just like ^Amthat It's de^Dmpression and it's broken love, don't ^Gever let your children grow ^Cup

(Oh ^Emoh oh oh oh ^Amoh) C Em

^DmWe're no longer ^Gyoung So now that we ^Cknow So ^Emnow that we ^Amknow That this ^Dmworld could use some turning 'round, if ^Gonly we could find some common ^Cground But it's ^Emup to ^Amus And al^Dmthough at times it gets so rough, you have ^Ggot to let your children grow up^C Oh ^Emoh oh oh oh ^Amoh Yeah, you have ^Dmgot to let your children, ^Ggot to let your children grow ^Cup