your sentiment never got to me, despite all your complaints
and you get mad when i keep secrets, in spite of everything
mom says your father kept you sheltered, it wasn't a surprise
you never took me out to dinner, only take-out food and soggy fries

and i will not grow up to be you
i will never take your path
never realize this prophecy
because once you start, you never turn back
i will leave my house every day or at least three times a week
i will order my own coffee, even if my voice shakes when i speak

you're never right until i correct you, i'm not boasting, it's just true
you can't stand having a child who is smarter than you
it's not my fault i'm apathetic, that's your heredity at work,
you passed down clinical depression, and for anxiety you laid the framework

and i will not grow up to be you
i will never take your path
never realize this prophecy
because once you start, you never turn back
i will leave my house every day or at least three times a week
i will order my own coffee, even if my voice shakes when i speak

still, i wouldn't pass up the good times we've had for anything
like on my 13th birthday, when you got me my very first 4-string
when i came home hours later, crying cause no one talked to me
you screamed bloody murder, because you got me this godforsaken instrument, so i have to be happy

and i will not grow up to be you
i will never take your path
never realize this prophecy
because once you start, you never turn back
i will leave my house every day or at least three times a week
i will order my own coffee, even if my voice shakes when i speak

cause it's time i thrive
fill in all those spaces that you've left behind
there's no more soft-spoken girl
there's one less broken spirit out in the world

and i will not grow up to be you
i will never take your path
never realize this prophecy
because once you start, you never turn back
i will leave my house every day or at least three times a week
i will order my own coffee, even if my voice shakes when i speak

and i will not grow up to be you, i will not grow up to be you
i will not grow up to be you, i will not grow up to be you
i will not grow up to be you, i will not grow up to be you
i will not grow up to be you, even if my voice shakes when i speak,