i won't grow up

i won't grow up

i don't wanna go to school

just to learn to be a puppet

and recite a silly rule

if growing up means it would be

beneath my dignity to climb a tree

i won't grow up

won't grow up

won't grow up

not me

i won't grow up

i don't wanna wear a tie

or a serious expression

in the middle of july

and if it means that i must prepare

to shoulder burdens with a worried air

i'll never grow up

won't grow up

never grow up

so there

never gonna be a man

i won't!

like to see somebody try

and make me!

anyone who wants to try

and make me turn into a man

catch me if you can

i won't grow up

i don't wanna wear a tie

or a serious expression

in the middle of july

growing up's awfuller than

all the awful things that never been

i won't grow up

won't grow up

won't grow up

again

growing up's awfuller than

all the awful things that never been

i won't grow up

never grow up

never grow up

again

not me

not i