[Verse 1]
Tiny shoes by the front door
She trips
Falls down
It's a thunderstorm
One scraped knee
Whole sky breaks
Mascara from a toy set on her face
Cartoons end
She’s already gone
Running to her room with the lights still on
Every "maybe later"
Hits like "never at all"
[Pre-Chorus]
You say
"It’s not a big deal"
But her heart hears "not real"
Every word a paper cut
Every sigh a siren up
[Chorus]
She’s my crybaby princess
Teardrops on her plastic crown
Spilling oceans over inches
Every up feels like a comedown
Yeah
My crybaby princess
Feels the world a thousand times
Tiny hands
Giant feelings
Every whisper makes her cry
[Verse 2]
Wrong color in her bento box
Pink cup missing
Total shock
Her friend sits
With somebody new
She hides in the bathroom stall til noon
Birthday balloon floating to the sky
She waves goodbye like it’s the last goodbye
Even happy endings
Make her ask
"But why?"
[Pre-Chorus]
You say
"Hey
It’s okay"
But her storm’s already made
Every plan that changes shape
Is an earthquake in her day
[Chorus]
She’s my crybaby princess
Teardrops on her plastic crown
Spilling oceans over inches
Every up feels like a comedown
Yeah
My crybaby princess
Feels the world a thousand times
Tiny hands
Giant feelings
Every whisper makes her cry
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] One day she’ll grow into this heart
But right now everything’s too sharp
Too bright
Too loud
Too close
Too proud
[softer] I hold her while her castle falls apart
[full voice] And I say
"Keep that heart
Don’t shut it tight
The world needs kids who feel this wide"
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