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 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 wanna 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.