When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years

just start being wise

When am I gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys

When am I gonna stop being great for my age

just start being good

When will it stop being cool to be quietly misunderstood

I'll blow out the candles happy birthday to me

Got your whole life ahead of you you're only nineteen

But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me

And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream

And when does wide eyed affection And all good intentions start to not be enough

When will everyone have every reason to call all my bluffs

And when are all my excuses of learning my lessons Gonna start to feel sad

Will I spend all the rest of my years wishing I could go back

I'll blow out the candles happy birthday me

Got your whole life ahead of you you're only nineteen

But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me

And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream I'll

They all say that it gets better

It gets better the more you grow

Yeah they all say that it gets better

It gets better but what if I don't

Oh They all say that it gets better

It gets better the more you grow

Yeah they all say that it gets better

It gets better but what if I don't

Oh They all say that it gets better

It gets better the more you grow

Yeah they all say that it gets better

It gets better but what if I don't

Oh They all say that it gets better

It gets better the more you grow Yeah

they all say that it gets better

It gets better but what if I don't