They tell you while you’re young
Girls, go out and have your fun
Then they hunt and slay the ones 
Who actually do it 

Criticize the way you fly
When you’re soaring through the sky
Shoot you down and then they sigh 
And say, “She looks like she’s been through it” 
Lord what will become of me
Once I’ve lost my novelty 

I’ve had too much to drink tonight
And I know it’s sad but this is what I think about 
And I wake up in the middle of the night 
It’s like I can feel time moving 
How can a person know everything at 18
But nothing at 22? 
And will you still want me 
When I’m nothing new? 

How long will it be cute
All this crying in my room
When you can’t blame it on my youth 
And roll your eyes with affection 

And my cheeks are growing tired 
From turning red and faking smiles
Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention?
And someone else lights up the room 
People love an ingénue 

I’ve had too much to drink tonight
How did I go from growing up to breaking down? 
And I wake up in the middle of the night 
It’s like I can feel time moving 
How can a person know everything at 18
But nothing at 22? 
And will you still want me 
When I’m nothing new? 

I know someday I’m gonna meet her, it’s a fever dream
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen 
She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me 
I’ll say I’m happy for her then I’ll cry myself to sleep
 
I’ve had too much to drink tonight 
But I wonder if they’ll miss me once they drive me out 
I wake up in the middle of the night 
And I can feel time moving 
How can a person know everything at 18 
But nothing at 22? 
And will you still want me
Will you still want me
Will you still want me
When I’m nothing new?