Too Soon To Grow...

Ten years old, but you’re working the night shift,
Traded your childhood for a corporate script.
You got hooked on the applause, addicted to the lights,
Now you’re crying in the bathroom on lonely nights.

Tick-tock, the contract is ticking away,
What are you gonna do when you’re too old to play

Too soon to grow...
Too late to save...
Another boy in a golden cave.
Too soon to grow...
Too late to save...
Turned an angel to a studio slave

Shave your head, burn the dress, do a crazy dance,
Give the tabloids and the paparazzi one more chance.
From a Disney castle to a rehab cell,
They sold your little heaven just to buy you a hell.

Tick-tock, the contract is ticking away,
What are you gonna do when you’re too old to play?

Too soon to grow...
Too late to save...
Another kid in a golden cave.
Too soon to grow...
Too late to save...
Turned an angel to a studio slave

Cry about your problems on the microphone,
Show 'em how it feels to be broken and alone
But don't be surprised if nobody’s amazed,
We watched you burn while the ratings were raised

 You became adults way before your time,
Another pretty victim of a primetime crime...