♪ ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I
WAS SCARED OF GROWING UP ♪
♪ I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT
BUT I WAS TERRIFIED OF LOVE ♪
♪ FELT LIKE I HAD TO CHOOSE
BUT IT WAS OUTTA MY CONTROL ♪
♪ I NEEDED TO BE SAVED, I WAS
GOING CRAZY ON MY OWN ♪
♪ IT TOOK ME YEARS TO TELL MY
MOTHER, I EXPECTED THE WORST ♪
♪ I GATHERED ALL THE
COURAGE IN THE WORLD ♪
♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE
YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY
AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪
♪ SHE WRAPPED HER
ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO
BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU
NO MATTER WHAT" ♪
♪ SHE LOVES ME
NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I GOT A LITTLE OLDER
WISHING ALL MY TIME AWAY ♪
♪ RIDING ON THE PAVEMENT,
EVERY SUNNY DAY WAS GREY ♪
♪ I TRUSTED IN MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ THEN ALL MY WORLD
CAME CRASHING DOWN ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER SAID A THING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE TO THEM
I'M A STRANGER NOW ♪
♪ I RAN HOME I SAW MY MOTHER, ♪
♪ IT WAS WRITTEN ON MY FACE ♪
♪ FELT LIKE I HAD A HEART
OF GLASS ABOUT TO BREAK ♪
♪ SHE SAID, "I LOVE
YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY
AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE" ♪
♪ SHE WRAPPED HER
ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO
BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU NO
MATTER WHAT" (YEAH) ♪
♪ NOW I'M A MAN AND
I'M SO MUCH WISER ♪
♪ I WALK THE EARTH WITH
MY HEAD HELD HIGHER ♪
♪ I GOT THE LOVE THAT I NEED ♪
♪ BUT I WAS STILL MISSING
ONE SPECIAL PIECE ♪
♪ MY FATHER LOOKED AT ME ♪
♪ HE SAID I LOVE
YOU NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY
AND ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ HE WRAPPED HIS
ARMS AROUND ME ♪
♪ SAID, "DON'T TRY TO
BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU
NO MATTER WHAT" ♪
♪ HE LOVES ME
NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ AND THEY LOVE
ME NO MATTER WHAT ♪
♪ ♪
