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Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up

I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Tom Waits
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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,
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

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 I get here so soon,
I don't wanna grow up

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