In the waiting line where I'm paying dues Got the grown up blues Got the grown up blues At the dinner party, at the DMV Got the grown up blues Got the grown up blues When you talk to me as one When you talk to me as one When you talk to me as one When you talk to me like one I can never see out, will I ever get out Now I know how it all got this way From the inside and out, I know what it's all about Each of us is the same in our way Lonely madness inside is what they're trying to hide What they can't buy, sell away It's the story you wake up to each day It's the story you wake up to each day ♪ On the cellophone, on the BCC Got the grown up blues Got the grown up blues It's the bottom line of the bigger picture Be a lady Be a gentleman When you talk to me as one When you talk to me as one When you talk to me as one When you talk to me like one I can never see out, will I ever get out Now I know how it all got this way From the inside and out, I know what it's all about Each of us is the same in our way Lonely madness inside is what they're trying to hide What they can't buy, sell away It's the story you wake up to each day It's the story you wake up to each day