Key: D
Introduction: D D2 D D2
G
Well i guess i should confess that i am starting to get old.
D
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold.
A G
All the kids are talking slang i won't pretend to understand.
D A D
All my friends are getting married. mortgages and pension plans.
G
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done.
D
And i'm happy and i'm settled in the person i've become.
A G
But that doesn't mean i'm settled up and sitting out the game-
A D
Time may change a lot. but some things they stay the same.
(refrão)
E
and i won't sit down
G A D
and i won't shut up
E G A D
and most of all i will not grow up. (2x)
D D2 D D2
(verso 2)
G
Oh maturity's a wrapped-up package deal or so it seems.
D
Ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams.
A G
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will
D A D
Have to grow up be an adult. yeah be bored and unfulfilled.
G
But no one's yet explained to me exactly what's so great
D
About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate.
A G
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity.
A D
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me.
(refrão)
E
and i won't sit down
G A D
and i won't shut up
E G A D
and most of all i will not grow up. (2x)
(bridge)
Bm A G
And if all you ever do with your life is just photosynthesise
G
Then you'll deserve every hour of your sleepless nights
E A D
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die.
E
and i'll play
G A D
and you sing
E G A D
the perfect way for the evening to begin. (2x)
(refrão final)
G A D
and i won't shut up
E G A D
and most of all i will not grow up.
E
and i won't sit down
G A D
and i won't shut up
E G A D
and most of all i will not... grow... up...