Well, 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 your dog Well, 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 It 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, 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, I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room, there's nothin' out there but sad and gloom And I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on Grand Street, ooh When I see the five o'clock news, I don't wanna grow up They 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 And how the hell did it get here so soon I don't wanna grow up