[Verse]
One day crayons next day phones
How’d you get so tall I don’t even know
Sneakers on the floor they're bigger than mine
Your laugh still echoes but it’s a different kind
[Prechorus]
I blink you change
A clock gone strange
[Chorus]
Preteen preteen slow it down
World’s too big for you right now
Preteen preteen where’d you go
Yesterday Legos today you grow
[Verse 2]
Your voice cracks when you call my name
Mood swings like a thunderstorm’s to blame
Your room’s a kingdom I can’t invade
But I still see the child in your face
[Chorus]
Preteen preteen slow it down
World’s too big for you right now
Preteen preteen where’d you go
Yesterday Legos today you grow
[Bridge]
Soon it’s keys and open roads
I’ll wave goodbye to your old clothes
But hey slow down stay a while
You’re still my kid still my smile