When I was little, Mother said
"You'll grow up someday
Duty resting on your shoulders
That's the natural way
Gotta learn to be a man!
Can't play forever, Peter Pan!"
She said, "Think about your future, Peter
Nothing is for free
Can't run away forever from responsibility
Gotta learn to be a man!
Stop your adventures, Peter Pan!"
But even as a little boy
I knew that wasn't right
I didn't want to be like her
So I ran into the light
Ight-lay! (Light!)
Past the morning, past the night
Just running faster, out of sight
Soon I was flying by the light of
The second star to the right
No more worrying about the future
For me, the sun never sets
She said childhood's not forever?
Well, mother, mine's not over yet!
Ats-thay ight-ray! (That's right!)
I'm never gonna grow up! (O-nay!)
That's not the life I see
And nobody is even close
To catching up with me (Hey!)
I'm the legend, Peter Pan!
The boy who'll never be a man
Time can try and time can wait
And take its own sweet time
I'm the fastest flyer in all the world!
Even time falls far behind
I've zoomed ahead before you can say it's
Eter-pay An-pay!
Past the morning, past the night
One leap ahead out of sight!
Growing old and sick and grumpy
These are battles I'll never fight
Forever young! I'm Peter Pan
No worries, troubles or fears
I dare you catch me, I'll never land! (Heh, heh!)
Not in a thousand long years
You can't catch me
I'm Peter Pan!
The boy who'll never be a man! (Eter-pay An-pay!)