when we grow up will i be pretty will you be big and strong will i wear dresses that show off my knees will you wear trousers twice as long well i don t care if i m pretty at all and i don t care if you never get tall i like what i look like and you re nice small we don t have to change at all hey when we grow up will i be a lady will you be an engineer will i have to wear things like perfume and gloves i can still pull the whistle while you steer well i don t care if i m pretty at all and i don t care if you never get tall i like what i look like and you re nice small we don t have to change at all when i grow up i m gonna be happy and do what i like to do like making noise and making faces and making friends like you and when we grow up do you think we ll see that i m still like you and you re still like me i might be pretty you might grow tall but we don t have to change at all spoken i don t want to change see cause i still want to be your friend forever and ever and ever and ever and ever