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 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