Your lit tle (D5)hand’s wrapped a round my (D5)fin ger and it’s so qui et in the (A5)world to night.

Your lit tle (D5)eye lids (Bm7)flut ter ’cause you’re (D5)dream ing, so I tuck you in, turn on your (A5)fa v’rite night light.

To you, ev ’ry thing’s fun ny.

You got noth ing to re gret.

I’d give all I have, hon ey,

if you could stay like that.

(D5)Oh, dar ling, don’t you (Bm7)ev er grow (D5)up, don’t you (G)ev er grow up.

Just (A5)stay this lit tle.

(D5)Oh, dar ling, don’t you (Bm7)ev er grow (D5)up, don’t you (G)ev er grow up.

It could (A5)stay this sim ple.

I won’t let no bod y hurt you,

won’t let no one break your (G)heart.

And no one will de sert you.

Just try to nev er grow (D5)up.

Nev er grow (D5)up.

You’re in the (D5)car on the way to the (D5)mov ies and you’re mor ti fied your mom’s (A5)drop ping you off.

At four teen, there’s just so (Bm7)much you can’t (D5)do and you can’t (G)wait to move out some day and (A)call your own shots.

But don’t make her drop you off a round the block.

Re mem ber that she’s get ting old er, too.

And don’t lose the way that you dance a round in your p j’s get ting read y for school.

Take pic tures in your mind of your child hood room.

Mem o rize what it sound ed like when your dad gets home.

Re mem ber the foot steps, re mem ber the words said and all your (A)lit tle broth er’s fa v’rite songs.

I just re al ized ev ’ry thing I have is some day gon na be gone.

So, here I (D5)am in my new a (D)part ment in a big cit y; they just (A)dropped me off.

It’s so much (D5)cold er than I thought it (D)would be, so I (G)tuck my self in and turn my (A)night light on.

Wish I’d nev er grown (G)up.

I wish I’d nev er grown up.

(D)Oh,

(D)I don’t (Bm7)wan na grow (D)up.

Wish I’d (G)nev er grow up.

I could (A)still be lit tle.

Oh, (D)I don’t (Bm7)wan na grow (D)up.

Wish I’d (G)nev er grown up.

It could (A)still be sim ple.

Oh, (D)dar ling, don’t you (Bm7)ev er grow (D)up, don’t you (G)ev er grow up.

Just (A)stay this lit tle.

Oh, (D)dar ling, don’t you (Bm7)ev er grow (D)up, don’t you (G)ev er grow up.

It could (A)stay this sim ple.

Won’t let no bod y (D)hurt you.

Won’t let (A)no one break your (D)heart.

And e ven if you (D)want to,

please try to nev er grow

up.

Oh.

Don’t you ev er grow up, oh.

Just nev er grow (CN.C.)up.