I Won't Grow Up Lyrics - Rickie Lee Jones

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 gonna 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 

'Cause I won't grow up 

I don't wanna wear a tie 

And a serious expression 

And try to act just like a guy 

'Cause growing up's awfuller than 

All the awful things that ever been 

And I won't grow up, won't grow up 

I won't grow up again 

Growing up's awfuller than 

All of the awful things that ever been 

And I won't grow up, I'll never grow up 

I'll never grow up again, not me, not I