Stay innocent

you hold on to the sidewalk chalk and butterfly clips,
To bedtime stories and your mother’s lipstick.
But there's magic in the quiet — I'd never let it dim.
so stay this  small in a world too big

your hand fits in my grown arm
you laugh looking up at me
big eyes like the bright stars
it's wiping off my tears

oh baby why don't you stay naive
don't you stay this naive
stay like this forever
my baby why don't you just believe
could you even believe
I would do whatever

I will stay here with you in the dark
Don’t let them take that sparkle from your eyes.
I won't let them shatter your heart
please stay innocent this time

stay innocent now

You’re in the backseat, rain on the window
And you're
tracing hearts in the fog with your thumb
no one warned you the world's not ending even if
it seems like so on a Tuesday lunch


Remember the glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars
someday you'll change it to pennant flags
you used to sing songs in the back of dad’s car
and it just takes me back


look back on the garden lawn where you ran
It's wrinkle in time and you play hide and seek again
you'll do whatever to know what's better
but if you ever knew what's gonna come
If I'm honest I don’t wanna grow up
if it means growing numb

you'll find yourself one day
In a
on a backyard of college
the dorms room's small and new friends around
but something takes you to the wonder nights of fairytales
and magic wands and paper crowns

baby could you stay innocent
please stay this innocent
 stay innocent
wish i could stay innocent like you've been that days
 wish i could stay innocent
 if i could stay innocent like your little face
oh baby could you stay innocent
 won't you stay innocent
fall asleep to tales
oh baby could you stay innocent
 won't you stay innocent
with hope that never pales
i will stay with you if no one wants
wish i could save you from the dark
cause you know it's gonna hurt
please stay innocent now