teenage dream

when am i gonna stop being wise beyond my years

and 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

and 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?

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?

well, 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

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?