I Won't Grow Up

I won't grow up I don't want to 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 want to 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 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 I won't grow up I don't want to wear a tie Or a serious expression To try to act just like a guy 'Cause growing up's awfuller than All of the awful things that's ever been I won't grow up, won't grow up, won't grow up Again Growing up's awfuller than All of the awful thing that's ever been I won't grow up, never grow up, won't grow up Again. Not me. Not I.