(Verse 1)
Hey little girl, I know you’re feeling hurt
You’re broken down, and you can’t find the words
To say how you really feel

Their twisted words try to cut you down to size,
You can’t help the fact that you’ve always been shy
But you start wondering... “is there something wrong with me?”

Right now it’s hard to see the possibilities

(Chorus)
But try...
To not let anything stand in your way
Even when they don’t
Don’t give you the time of day-yeah

Things are gonna get better than it seems
Oh one day, little girl
You’ll be living your dreams

You don’t know it at thirteen

(Verse 2)
Every day at school, you struggle to make it through
Feel like everyone’s out to get you
All because you’re different...
You feel that being who you are is a crime

You’ve got your headphones on.
All those boy-bands playing;
as the mean girls call you names
You’re trying to cut out what they’re saying
Someone once said: “it’s okay to feel a little bit weird sometimes”

(Chorus)
But try...
To not let anything stand in your way
Even when they don’t
Don’t give you the time of day-yeah

Things are gonna get better than it seems
Oh one day, little girl
You’ll be living your dreams

You don’t know it at thirteen

(Bridge)
Oh you never know-woah
What the future’s gonna hold
So live your life, be brave and be bold

I wish that someone’d told me this years ago
But I figured it out on my own

(Chorus)
Oh, try...
To not let anything stand in your way

And now things are better than they seemed
Oh I never thought
I’d be living my dreams

I didn’t know it at thirteen