I hear the revelers tear As they counted down I pull the door closed But it can't erase the sounds So I put on a rival summer song And lie awake wondering where it all went wrong I think of California where we got burned, of Carolina and all I've learned, of Plans we've made and how they'll never be So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on Then forget my name It'll all get painted over So they pump up the kids with the big, big dreams But, they don't say nothing 'bout what it means To come up short And hear the winter winds roar Just cache it in boys, cache it in Quit picking these fights you'll never win Head due north to the Mighty Mac Just run boys, run you can never go back, oh no So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on Then forget my name It'll all get painted over Burn fire in the backyard And that's walking in the joy, just reach But made me believe So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on Then forget my name It'll all get painted over So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on Then forget my name It'll all get painted over So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on Then forget my name It'll all get painted over