I WON'T GROW UP
(Carolyn Leigh / Mark Charlap)

Recorded by: The Countdown Singers; Hit Crew; Rickie Lee Jones;
Erich Kunzel; Mary Martin; Billy Novick; Masahiko Osaka;
Robyn Pluer; Lindsay Ridgeway; Cathy Rigby; Rory.


I won’t grow up
I don’t want to go to school
Just to learn to be a parrot
And recite a silly rule
If growing up means it would be
Beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I’ll never grow up, never grow up,
Never grow up! Not me! Not I! Not me!

I won’t grow up
I don’t want to wear a tie
And a serious expression
In the middle of July
And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow up, not me! Not I! Not me!
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 me to a man
Catch me if you can!

I won’t grow up
Not a penny will I pinch
I will never grow a moustache
Or a fraction of an inch
Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were
I’ll never grow up, never grow up,
Never grow up, no sir! Not I! Not me! So there!

I won’t grow up!
I will never even try
I will do what Peter tells me
And I’ll  never ask him why
We won’t  grow up

We will never grow a day
And if someone tries to make us
We will simply run away

I won’t grow up
No, I  promise that I won’t
I will stay a boy forever
Or be banished if I don’t
And Neverland will always be
The home of youth and joy and liberty
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow up, Not me! No sir! Not me!
from PETER PAN
I WON’T GROW UP

I won’t grow up
I don’t want to go to school
Just to learn to be a parrot
And recite a silly rule
If growing up means it would be
Beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I’ll never grow up, never grow up,
Never grow up! Not me! Not I! Not me!

I won’t grow up
I don’t want to wear a tie
And a serious expression
In the middle of July
And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow up, not me! Not I! Not me!
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 me to a man
Catch me if you can!

I won’t grow up
Not a penny will I pinch
I will never grow a moustache
Or a fraction of an inch
Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were
I’ll never grow up, never grow up,
Never grow up, no sir! Not I! Not me! So there!

I won’t grow up!
I will never even try
I will do what Peter tells me
And I’ll never ask him why
We won’t grow up
We will never grow a day
And if someone tries to make us
We will simply run away

I won’t grow up
No, I  promise that I won’t
I will stay a boy forever
And be banished if I don’t
And Neverland will always be
The home of youth and joy and liberty
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow up, Not me! No sir! Not me!


(Contributed by saartje81 - December 2005)