growing up is hard

Chelsea Cutler

Threw a mattress on the floor
and made a home out of a dorm room
She got a credit card in her name to buy
what she couldn t afford to
And now she s eighteen
she can barely eat and barely drive
Mind racing, what s the meanin of being alive?
I don t blame her for not doing anything
she was supposed to

So much for the young and free
I know that you feel confused
I m sorry that it hurt so much
Growing up is hard to do
You ll always be a part of me
Swear I ll take better care of you
I m sorry that it hurt so much
Growing up is hard to do, hard to do

Rubbing drugs into your gums to prove to your friends
That you re a good time, til you re crying in the stairwell
Holding your hair back
wishing you had kept your body to yours?lf
Can t forget the way it felt

So much for th? young and free
I know that you feel confused
I m sorry that it hurt so much
Growing up is hard to do
You ll always be a part of me
Swear I ll take better care of you
I m sorry that it hurt so much
Growing up is hard to do, hard to do

You drank yourself dizzy
Held in all your secrets
Took off running naked with a handle in your arms
Woke up in a fever
Sweating out your bad decisions
Couldn t even see straight, but you still got in the car
You tried to be the cool girl
You know the way that boys are
You just wanna talk, but it s your body that he counts
It s snowing up in Amherst
You don t feel a damn thing
Everything s a mess when you got nothing figured out

You ll always be a part of me
Swear I ll take better care of you
I m sorry that it hurt so much
Growing up is hard