I won't grow up, I don't want to go to school
Just to learn to be a parrot and recite a silly rule
If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity
To climb a tree, I'll never grow up
Never grow up, never grow up, not me
I won't grow up, I don't want to wear a tie
And a serious expression in the middle of July
And if it means I must prepare to shoulder burdens
With a worried air, I'll never grow up
Never grow up, never grow up, not me
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
I won't grow up, not a penny will I pinch
I will never grow a mustache
Or a quarter of an inch
'Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were
I'll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow up, no sir
Never gonna be a man, I won't
