I Dont Wanna Grow Up - Tom Waits
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse]
Well, when I'm
lying in my b
ed at night I
don't wanna gr
ow up
Nothing ever s
eems to turn o
ut right, I
don't wanna gr
ow up
How do you mov
e in a world o
f fog that's a
lways changing
things
Makes me wish
that I could b
e a do-og
[Verse]
Well, when I s
ee the price t
hat you pay I
don't wanna gr
ow up
I don't ever w
anna be that w
ay, I don't wa
nna grow up
Seems like fol
ks turn into t
hings they nev
er want to be
The only thing
to live for i
s toda-ay
[Verse]
I'm gonna put
a hole in my T
V set, I don't
wanna grow up
Open up the me
dicine chest a
nd 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 g
#
ood boy scout
I don't wanna
hafta learn to
count I don'
t want to have
the biggest a
mount
No, I don't wa
nt to grow up
[Verse]
Well, when I s
ee my parents
fight
I don't want
to grow up
They all go ou
t and drinkin'
all night and
I don't wanna
grow up
I'd rather sta
y here in my r
oom Nothing o
ut there but s
#
ad and gloom
I don't wanna
live in a big
ol' tomb on Gr
and Street
[Verse]
When I see the
5 o'clock new
s I d
on't wanna gro
w up
Comb their hai
r and shine th
eir shoes, I d
on't wanna gro
w up
Stay around in
my ol' hometo
wn I don't wa
nna put no mon
ey down
I don't wanna
get a big ol'
loan Work the
m fingers to t
he bone
I don't wanna
float on a bro
om Fall in lo
ve get married
then boom
how the hell d
id it get here
so soon
No, I don't wa
nt to grow up