When I'm lyin' in my bed at night, I don't wanna grow up, Nothin' ever seems to turn out right, I don't wanna grow up, How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog, When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up, I don't ever wanna be that way, I don't wanna grow up, Seems like folks turn into things That they'd never want, The only thing to live for Is today...
I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set, I don't wanna grow up, Open up the medicine chest And I don't wanna grow up, I don't wanna have to shout it out, I don't want my hair to fall out, I don't wanna be filled with doubt, I don't wanna be a good boy scout, I don't wanna have to learn to count, I don't wanna have the biggest amount, I don't wanna grow up
Well, when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up, They all go out and drinking all night And I don't wanna grow up, I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom, I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb On Grand Street
When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up, Comb their hair and shine their shoes, I don't wanna grow up, Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down, I don't wanna get me a big old loan, Work them fingers to the bone, I don't wanna float a broom, Fall in love and get married then boom, How the hell did I get here so soon, I don't wanna grow up