MY BOY

[Chorus]

Stay young

Stay small, my boy

Fit inside these arms forever

'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to

Be (Be)

I sigh

I cry, my boy

Soon you'll see the world is not this room

And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to

See (See)

[Verse]

Lord, it's tough to hold my son and be here in the moment

I need to keep him safe, tell me which direction this world is going

I feel the shame for my lack of faith when you walk the ocean

Eve bit the apple, my faith is weak, and my trust is broken

There's things that I can't keep him from

Like the loneliness you feel in the realizations of growing up

Like a best friеnd at his mother's bedside whеn she passes from the leukemia

Like a coach about to die asking you why he's gotta leave his son

I hate the weakness of owning up to the sins of past

I hate the weakness of giving up what I used to have

I hate the weakness of showing my son what makes me sad

He said a present father is worth way more than a perfect dad

[Chorus]

Stay young

Stay small, my boy

Fit inside these arms forever

'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to

Be (Be)

I sigh

I cry, my boy

Soon you'll see the world is not this room

And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to

See (See)

[Post-Chorus]

Stay young

[Outro]

(Yes, Jesus loves me)

(The Bible tells me so)