Growing up

As a kid I never fit in with the other girls

I stayed quiet in the corner while they showed off all their curls

Didn’t have it in me, couldn’t fake the pretty right

So I became one of the guys, I kept my circle tight

I grew up hating school, feeling worthless, feeling small

Didn’t know the weight I carried wasn’t even mine at all

Kids would push me ‘round the halls, leave me looking like a joke

Tried to get my grades up but the pressure made me choke

Always running late, dragging steps toward what I feared

Hard to find the motivation when you’re dying to disappear

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Ain’t it crazy all the changes we go through

You never grow up doing all the things we swore we'd do, noo

You live half of your life wishin’ you could speed up the years

Then years go too fast and getting too old becomes one of our biggest fears

Mmhmm, oh

If I had a time machine

I would go back in time

Just so I could save the young me

From growing up and becoming me

Sometimes late at night

I get lost in all the thoughts of my past

Wishin’ I could go back, make my younger years last

Never saw how lucky I was ‘til it was too late

Should’ve loved myself a little more

‘Cause damn, the years don’t hesitate

I remember when I got my first car

Should’ve never pushed that engine half as hard

Didn’t understand the value of the money spent

From a single mother breaking just to pay the rent

Trying to give me what she never had

Raising five kids with no help from her mom and dad

Chorus

Ain’t it crazy all the changes we go through

You never grow up doing all the things we swore we'd do, noo

You live half of your life wishin’ you could speed up the years

Then years go too fast and getting too old becomes one of our biggest fears

Mmhmm, oh

If I had a time machine

I would go back in time

Just so I could save the young me

From growing up and becoming me

So if your barely in your teens

And wishing you were already big

Or if your almost past 40

Growing old too fast

Just Remember, these are the years that you'll never get back

Dont leave this world with any regrets

Just treat people how you want to be treated

Nobody's perfect so just give your best

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Cus, we dont always see all the changes we go through

You'll wish one day you grew up doing all the things you swore you'd do,

Dont just live half of your life wishin’ you could speed up the years

Cus one day you'll learn years go too fast and getting too old becomes one of your biggest fears

Mmhmm, oh

There aint a time machine

To go back in time

To save the young you

So grow up doing the best you can do

Mhmm mmMmhmm