I'm going out tonight
Get your shoes on, get a ride
If you wanna meet out there
It's alright, it's alright
If you've got something better to do
Let me know and I won't hang around you
But I'd like to

I'm not coming down
Unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now, it's not me instead
It's not me instead

I'm not the smartest person you've ever known
But I'm old enough to know better
I don't know what it's like to be you
And I don't want to know
I just want to know what it takes
To not be so
21 seems to be too old for you
And too young for me

I'm not coming down
Unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now, it's not me

You can run away from home if you want to
You can hang up all the phones if you need to
If you need to, if you need to
Do what you want, do what you want

But I'm not coming down
Unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now
I'm not coming, no, I'm not coming down
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now, it's not me instead
It's not me instead, it's not me instead
It's not me


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