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 a dog, 
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, 
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 
And 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 
And I don't wanna grow up, 
I'd rather stay here in my room 
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom, 
I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb 
On Grand Street

When I see the 5 o'clock news 
I don't wanna grow up, [bad word] 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, 
How the [bad word] did I get here so soon, 
I don't wanna grow up