18

[G] [C] [Em] [C]
You’re b[G]eautiful
With the shiniest diamonds in your[C] ears
You can’t hear your mother – she’s crying in th[Em]e other room
She knows it[C] won’t be okay

Farther from her daughter with the coming of eachday

So you p[G]ick up your books, that you never read
R[C]un off to school like a good drama queen
[Em]Do you care where you’re going, or know where you’ve been?
[C]Barely a woman, you’re 18 years in

[A]Our faith is placed in second chances
A[C]s the angel and her de[D]mons dance it’s

[C]Like you’re 18[Em] years in[D] with n[G]o way o[C]ut
And you’re the s[Em]tar of the s[D]tory you d[G]on’t care a[C]bout
Just a lit[Em]tle girl in a [D]bigger world turning [G]upside-d[C]own
Well, don’t’ you [Em]throw it all a[D]way when no one’s h[G]ere to pull you[C] out

[Em]And when you’re s[C]afe and s[G]ound i[D]nside you[Em]r bed
I know you d[C]ream of th[G]ings bigger than th[D]e things that yo[Em]u let live
When you’re [C]safe and [G]sound [D]inside your [Em]bed

I know you d[C]ream of things [G]I, I know you dr[D]eam 18 years [C]in

Like you’re 18 years in with no way out
And you’re the star of the story you don’t care about
Just a little girl in a bigger world turning upside-down
Well, don’t’ you throw it all away when no one’s here to pull you out