I Dont Wanna Grow Up
Tom Waits
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D When I'm lyin' in my bed at night,A D I don't wanna grow upD Nothin' ever seems to turn outA D right, I don't wanna grow upBm F# How do you move in a world of fogG A that's always changing thingsBm F# G A Makes me wish that I could be a dog [Verse 2]D When I see the price that you pay,A D I don't wanna grow upD I don't ever want to be that way,A D I don't wanna grow upBm F# Seems like folks turn into thingsG A that they'd never wantBm F# G A The only thing to live for is today [Chorus 1]D I'm gonna put a hole in my tv set,A D I don't wanna grow upD A Open up the medicine chest, and ID don't wanna grow upContinues after the adBm F# I don't wanna have to shout it outBm F# I don't want my hair to fall outBm F# I don't wanna be filled with doubtBm F# I don't wanna be a good boy scoutBm F# I don't wanna have to learn to countBm F# I don't wanna have the biggest amountG A D I don't wanna grow up [Verse 3]D A Well when I see my parents fight ID don't wanna grow upD They all go out and drinkin' allA D night and I don't wanna grow upBm F# I'd rather stay here in my roomBm F# Nothin' out there but sad and gloomBm I don't wanna live in a big oldF# G A tomb on Grant Street [Chorus 2]D When I see the 5 o'clock news IA D don't wanna grow upD Comb their hair and shine theirA D shoes; I don't wanna grow upBm F# Stay around in my old hometown;Bm F# I don't wanna put no money down;Bm F# I don't wanna get me a big old loan;Bm F# Work them fingers to the bone;Bm F# I don't wanna float a broom;Bm F# Fall in love and get married then boom;Bm F# How the hell did it get here so soon?G A D I don't wanna grow up