Lyrics
[verse]
Everybody's watching how I spend my youth
Waiting for the headlines, waiting for the truth
I'm just a kid still figuring it out
Trying to enjoy it before the whole thing turns about
[verse]
They want a picture, they want a perfect frame
Don't know the weight of carrying a growing name
I laugh it off in public, but at night I wonder
If this is really living or just another number
[chorus]
Baby be the class clown, I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a different kind of pressure when you're young for all these years
On the court where we're playing, in the game we didn't choose
Trying to keep it light while I'm afraid that I could lose
[verse]
Sometimes I miss the simple days before it all got loud
Before the whispers turned into a watching crowd
But I'll take the good with the strange and complicated
Still figuring out this life I never really rated
[chorus]
Baby be the class clown, I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a different kind of pressure when you're young for all these years
On the court where we're playing, in the game we didn't choose
Trying to keep it light while I'm afraid that I could lose
[bridge]
Underneath the lights I'm still just a kid
Trying to figure out the games that we all did
Give me a minute before the whistle blows
I'm still learning how this whole thing goes
[chorus]
Baby be the class clown, I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a different kind of pressure when you're young for all these years
On the court where we're playing, in the game we didn't choose
Trying to keep it light while I'm afraid that I could lose
