Well, 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
Well, 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
And 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, ooh!
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 we get here so soon
Well, I don?t wanna grow up
Taken from AlbumSongAndLyrics.comMusic & Lyrics by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Official release: ?Bone Machine?, Island Records Inc., © 1992 & ?Beautiful Maladies?, Island Records Inc., 1998