[Intro]
   



[Verse 1]
      
  Don't you wo

             
rry 'bout your

         
 curly hair
        
  Clothes that

           
 don't quite f

        
it you anywher

   
e
         
  Voices echo 

        
in the gym, an

        
other girl's h

             
ad her first k


iss
              
Please don't t

            
hink too much 

     
of it,     dar

 
ling

[Verse 2]
     
  I'm so sorry

           
 that they pic

           
k you last
     
  Try to say y

            
our foreign na

         
me and laugh
         
  I know that 

         
you feel loud,

       
 so different 

          
from the crowd
            
Of big blue ey

        
es, and long b

              
londe hair, an

  
d boys that st

are
         
But, baby, kno

w that

[Chorus]
      
  You'll grow 

          
up and grow so

       
 tough and cha

    
rm them
     
Write your sto

         
ry, fall in lo

        
ve a little to


o
          
The things you

              
 thought you'd

           
 never do, I w


ish I could go

 back
    
And give her a

 squeeze, myse

lf at thirteen
         
And just let h

            
er know, know 

             
that she's bea

   
utiful,   mmmm


mm

[Verse 3]
     
   Keep on goi

             
ng with your s

        
illy dream
     
   Life is pre

           
ttier than it 

        
may seem
         
   One day, yo

              
u'll be up on 

        
stage, little 

        
girls will scr

          
eam your name
            
The days of te

        
ars and failur

             
e fears, and n


o one cares
           
Will all make 


sense, 'cause

[Chorus]
      
  You'll grow 

          
up and grow so

    
 confident and
     
Write your sto

         
ry, fall in lo

        
ve a little to


o
          
The things you

              
 thought you'd

           
 never do, I w


ish I could go

 back
    
And give her a

 squeeze, myse

lf at thirteen
         
And just let h

            
er know, know 

             
that she's bea

   
utiful,   oohh

 
hhhhhhhhhh