I don't want you growing up to be me Givin' everything to chase my dreams You don't have to worry yet I can hold you close When she throws away your teenage heart When you passed the test but crashed the car Big boys ought to cry sometimes It's okay if you do If you need me I'm here Just gonna love you The best that I can And if you call me Four AM I'll be there I'll be right there So go and take this world apart 'Cause I know you'll do it With your momma's heart And all that I ask is don't grow up to be me Grow up to be you I'll know that I'll catch you stealing liquour from me 'Cause I remember doing the same at 16 Wake you on the bathroom floor Make sure you're alright 'Cause when you need me I'm here When you get in trouble I'll steer you clear And when you call me For a lift home I'll be there I'll be right there So go and take this world apart 'Cause I know you'll do it With your momma's heart And all that I ask is don't grow up to be me Grow up to be you If you get lost among the stars Don't forget you've always got your momma's heart And I don't wanna push you Whatever you do Grow up to be you Now there's a reason and a rhyme for most things But you should try to find your own in everything And take your time There's no rush to grow up So go and take this world apart 'Cause I know you'll do it With your momma's heart And all that I ask is don't grow up to be me Grow up to be you And if you get lost among the stars Don't forget you've always got your momma's heart I don't wanna push you Whatever you do Grow up to be you No, I don't want to push you Whatever you do Grow up to be you

One, two, three, four When I'm lying 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 How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things? Makes me wish that I could be a dog 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 Seems that folks turn into things That they never want The only thing to live for is today I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest I don't wanna grow up 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 want to grow up 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'd rather stay here in my room Nothing out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on Grand Street 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 Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get 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 it get here so soon? No, I don't want to grow up

I want to grow up to be a politician And take over this beautiful land I want to grow up to be a politician And be the old U.S. of A.'s number one man I'll always be tough but I'll never be scary I want to shoot guns or butter my bread I'll work in the towns or conservate the prairies And you can believe the future's ahead I'll give the young the right to vote as soon as they mature But spare the rod and spoil the child to help them feel secure And if I win election day I might give you a job I'll sign a bill to help the poor to show I'm not a snob I'll open my door I'm charging no admission And you can be sure I'll give you my hand I want to grow up to be a politician And take over this beautiful land (Brass Band) I'll make you glad you got me in with everything I do And I'll defend until the end the old red white and blue I want to grow up to be a politician And take over this beautiful land And take over this beautiful land And take over this beautiful land

My family tradition tends to make me into something that I'm not But I can't think of a better thing for me to be than me, and that's alright by me I don't want to spend my days and nights and years inside some office building No! Just give me the outdoors, a white horse and an old ten-gallon hat What's wrong with that? Not a thing - I just sing I wanna grow up to be a cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will Cause the cowboy gets the bad guy, and the cowboy gets the girl Best of all he gets a Colt .45 with a handle made of pearl In my dreams I'm the Sheriff of Laredo, and a Texas Ranger too I'm the man who told Geronimo just where to go and what he had to do But the mornin' brings reality right back to me, and damn I'm late for work They can't take my dreams away I'm gonna grow up to be a cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will Cause the cowboy gets the bad guy, and the cowboy gets the girl Best of all he gets a Colt .45 with a handle made of pearl Oh yeah, I'm gonna grow up to be a cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill I said it when I was a little boy and I guess I always will The cowboy gets the bad guy. The cowboy gets the girl Best of all he gets a Colt .45 with a handle made of pearl A handle made of pearl