When I'm lyin' in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
And I don't wanna grow up
I woke up exhausted this morning. It had been some weekend. The band got together and we were really rocking.
How do you move in a world of fog that's always changing things
Makes the wish that I could be a dog
The ride to work is unexciting. I get a little too comfortable on the first train and am mildly annoyed when i have to get off.
When I see the price that you pay
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way
And I don't wanna grow up
The second train has some lady prosletyzing loudly about how Jesus can save you in a monologue of non sequiteurs.
Seems that folks turn into things that they never want
The only thing to live for is today...
The rest of the ride to Canal Street is uneventful, after the preacher gets off the train. At Canal i disembark and head north.
I'm gonna put a hole in my T.V. set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
I don't wanna grow up
I watch a failed encounter between a person on the street and another hanging out the window. The person on the street tries to throw a bag up to the window, misses, and the bag drops onto the scaffolding.
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 good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't want the biggest amount
No I don't wanna grow up
I get to work and start on the report i have to do from all the research i've been doing over the past week. joy.
Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinkin' all night
And I don't wanna grow up
I take a break to check my mail and news and find out Joey Ramone is dead.
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on grand street
This throws me. I've been a Ramones fan more or less all of my life. I talk to a friend of mine whose cousin knew the Ramones back when they were still male prostitutes. She told him that he was sick when she saw him three months ago, but it didn't seem that bad.
When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
I load up the mp3 player and put on every Ramones song i have. i get to their cover of Tom Waits' I Don't Want To Grow Up and put it on repeat.
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't wanna put no money down
I don't wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't wanna float on a broom
Fall in love, get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
No I don't want to grow up.
Rest in peace, Joey.