I Won't Grow Up

I Won't Grow Up - Rickie Lee Jone

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