Don't Ever Grow UP

Mary LOVES Taylor Swift. Every time we are in the car and a song with a girl singing comes on she asks if it is Taylor. She has also started recognizing what she KNOWS is Taylor and can even sing along. So, the other day I bought her the newest Taylor Swift CD. I haven't bought a CD in years, but I just thought it would be cool for her to have. Side note: I actually really like the CD.

Anyways, Mary didn't quite grasp the concept of a CD. I put it in and, for the first day or two, she would get excited every. single. time. Taylor came on. It was actually really sweet and she thought the radio kept playing Taylor songs over and over again.

There is one song that really struck a chord with me...and Mary. She calls it...

"Wapped around my pinger"

You'll see why in just a second. It's actually called "Don't ever grow up". I think it is the sweetest song and hearing Mary sing along to the chorus just melts my heart. She has even started asking me to sing it to her when I put her in her crib at night and rub her back. She also knows if I try to skip a verse. I haven't put lyrics on here in a while. I thought it would be nice to remember the words and to remember how much Mary loves the song.

Your little hands wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight

Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming

So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you, everything's funny

You got nothing to regret

I'd give all I have, honey

If you could stay like that

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

It could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

No, no one will desert you

Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies

And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off

At 14, there's just so much you can't do

And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block

remember that she's getting older too

And don't lose the way that you dance around

in your p.j.s getting ready for school

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

It could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you

Nothings ever left you scarred

And even though you want to

Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

Memorize what it sounded like when you dad gets home

Remember the footsteps, remember the words said

And all your little brother's favorite songs

I just realized everything I have

Is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment

In a big city, they just dropped me off

It's so much colder then I thought it would be

So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up

I wish I'd never grown up

Oh, I dont' wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

Could still be little

Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

It could still be simple

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

It could stay this simple

Won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

And even though you want to

Please try to never grow up

I love you sweet Mary Girl.

This is our song.

The other day she was singing along in the car and I said, "Mary, Mama doesn't want you to grow up. I want you to stay this little."

Mary, "Mama, I sposed to grow up."

I know, it still doesn't make it easy.