Don't let the kids win Just let them lose They're not gonna learn anything If that's the way you choose to play Don't let the kids win Just let them fall You don't want them growing up thinking two-year-olds are good at playing basketball Don't let your grandmother die While you're away A cheap trip to Thailand's not gonna make up for never getting to say goodbye And don't let your brother Stop thinking you're cool Yeah, I know, he's got a girlfriend now and he's taller, but that don't mean He's stopped looking up to you And I've got a feeling That this won't ever change We're gonna keep on getting older It's gonna keep on feeling strange And don't let your friends turn cold While you burn to green When they walk off the stage embrace them And say that's the best shit I've ever seen And don't let your sister Walk down the aisle Without pulling her close, saying I love you and it's okay If I don't see you for a while And I've got a feeling That this won't ever change We're gonna keep on getting older It's gonna keep on feeling strange And don't let the time go by Without sitting your mother down And asking what life was like for her Before you came to be around And tell her it's okay if she puts herself first Us kids we'll be alright if we're not the center of her universe And I've got a feeling That this won't ever change We're gonna keep on getting older It's gonna keep on feeling strange And after a late one I don't know anything Except the more I keep on talking The less breath I got left to sing