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I Don't Want to Grow Up Lyrics
When I'm lyin' in my bed at nite
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
And I don't wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog that's always changing things
Makes the 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
And I don't wanna grow up
Seems that folks turn into things that they never want
The only thing to live for is today...
I'm gonna put a hole in my T.V. set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
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 want the biggest amount
No I don't wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinkin' 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 on a broom
Fall in love, get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
No I don't want to grow up
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
And I don't wanna grow up
Makes the wish that I could be a dog
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way
And I don't wanna grow up
The only thing to live for is today...
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
I don't wanna grow up
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 want the biggest amount
No I don't wanna grow up
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinkin' all night
And I don't wanna grow up
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on Grand street
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
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 on a broom
Fall in love, get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
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Don´t you ever fuckin´dare to compare the Ramones with that lame-ass over rated piece of commercial pop shit of a band... Dee Dee will come out of his grave,show up on your door, and beat you with a baseball bat if you do so, mate.....
geez why didn't anyone comment on a great song like this????? its such an awesome song GO RAMONES!!!
i can't listen to this song in the morning or else i wouldn't want to go to work.
how the hell did it get here so soon??? it seemed like yesterday I was telling my friend that i'll never work in an office... yup, seems like folks turn into things they never want.
I agree with 20thcenturyboy. Anti-everything,you should be afraid!Get a good ghost alarm system.
This is like my anthem.I'm 13 and this song basically says it all.
I recently got what I think is the original version by Tom Waits. Both versions are good, although much different from each other.
I love this song. it says everything i feel at the moment!
I know! This song is like...SWEET!
^wow, i laughed imagining that, 20thcenturyboy...ramones always better than blink 182 in my opinion though.
anyway, great song with a fantastic video!
great song to listen to in highschool, sitting in career education class.
The Ramones are legends, I always felt like this since I was in my teens and still do to a certain extent and I'm 28!!. ITs all about the fears of growing up and not wanting to being like the grown ups I also see it as about not being in with the Clic or the majority, outcast but being different is good, normal is boring and why be like everyone else??
Without the Ramones - punk simply wouldnt exist and if Malcolm McClaren hadnt seen them in the US, Punk may never have exploded over in the UK with the Sex Pistols witch spurned the Clash, Boom Town Rats, I cant believe I missed that era - In the days of raw original music...
RIP Joey
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boom town rats... fucking hell,homocide is suddenly making sense
boom town rats... fucking hell,homocide is suddenly making sense