I'm a cruel child for reminding my poor mother of my father every Time she sees my face, enchanted, empty handed, Taking everything for granted, While she tells me I'm her happiest mistake. I don't want to grow up in a world that will never be the same, Though she tells me soon enough I'll be blindsided By love and chasing dreams like pennies down the drain. I'm a desperate child. I lie awake all night in terror of the life I have inside me, And how one day it will be gone and everything I have Done wrong will matter little to the weight of feeling lonely. I don't want to grow up in a world that will never be the same, Though she tells me soon enough I'll be blindsided By love and chasing dreams like pennies down the drain. Let's go to the lake again beyond the fields of Michigan and see if we can't walk across the water. I'll mimic every little thing and try to keep from Smiling, hoping that I just might earn your laughter. I don't want to grow up in a world that will never be the same, Though she tells me soon enough I'll be blindsided By love and chasing dreams like pennies down the drain. Yeh, she tells me soon enough I'll be blindsided by Love and chasing dreams like pennies down the drain.