I Dont Wanna Grow Up - Tom Waits

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[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