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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
 Posted - 06/10/2003 : 12:51:19 PM
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I Don't Wanna Grow Up
(Tom Waits/K. Brennan)
When I'm lyin' in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothin' ever seems to turn out right
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
I don't wanna grow up
Seems like folks turn into things
That they'd 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
And 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 wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't wanna grow up
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' 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 me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't wanna float a broom
Fall in love and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don't wanna grow up
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"Hey man...you smell..."
"Oh yeah?"
"yeah...like dinner..." |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2003 : 3:45:51 PM
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I am grown up and I don't wanna be, BUT I don't want to be a kid again either so basically I guess I'm screwed!
BTW great lyrics/poem |
"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!"Friedrich Nietzsche |
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LoveToday
Chatterbox
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2003 : 09:00:21 AM
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Being a grown up isn't that bad as long as you make time to still do the things that made being a kid so much fun.
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS BUT I LOVE IT SO I THOUGHT I'D POST IT.
Close your eyes....And go back....
Before the AOL, MSN and DSL...
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Wayyyyyyy back.......
I'm talkin' bout Hide and Go Seek at dusk.
Red light, Green light.
Playing kickball & dodge ball until your porch light came on.
Mother, May I? Red Rover Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler on a hot summer day...
Wait...... there's more....
Watching' Saturday Morning cartoons
Josie & the Pussycats, The Flintstones, Speed racer, Fat Albert,
Road Runner, Scooby Doo, Shazamm, G-Force & He-Man....
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos...
Playing Dukes of Hazard, Batman & Robin,
Good guys against the Bad guys...
Christmas morning, (yeah!)
Your first day of school,
Bedtime Prayers with Goodnight Kisses, Climbing trees,
Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck,
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers...
Jumping down the steps, jumping on the bed,
Pillow fights.... Running till you were out of breath,
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt,
Being tired from "just playing "....
Your first crush.....
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up - 7Up" in the class room.
Remember that??????
I'm not finished yet....
Kool-aid was the drink of summer,
Riding your friends on your handle bars,
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school,
Class Field Trips,
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance, and another quarter a miracle.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody,
not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared
to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives , but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, the evils of the world, etc....
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
And some of us are still afraid of em! ! !
Didn't that feel good???
Just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days!
They were good then, and they're good now
when we think about them.
I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue"; meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties
& your invisible "cootie shot" got rid of em...
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"
rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these,
then you have LIVED! ! !!
I hope I didn't just date myself. |
I childproof my home... and they still get in! |
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2003 : 10:34:50 AM
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I dated myself once.
Best night of my life. |
Tim Reynolds Downloads
I am not the albatross of love, I am the human ellipsis. I am dot dot dot. - Leo Kottke
I hate beating people over the head with anything. We can all make up our own minds. What we don’t have is enough music. More music please. - Leo Kottke |
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LoveToday
Chatterbox
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2003 : 12:31:40 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by enthuTIMsiast
I dated myself once.
Best night of my life.
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I childproof my home... and they still get in! |
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Miss Sorrel
Yak Addict
593 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2003 : 09:05:17 AM
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| Great song Jay! I just downloaded it and keep on playing it over and over.... I think this may become a temporary theme song. |
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2003 : 11:15:32 AM
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| Glad you are enjoying it! Have you heard much of Tom Waits before? I love showing him to people that are used to hearing pop singers...They get really confused. I love his voice, and him and Kathleen Brennan (His wife) make a great songwritting team. |
"Hey man...you smell..."
"Oh yeah?"
"yeah...like dinner..." |
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 06/13/2003 : 7:26:43 PM
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| And I jsut foudn out VH1 ranked him #90 in the top 100 musicians...Which is cool considering Dave Matthews wasn't on it...I don't think... |
"Hey man...you smell..."
"Oh yeah?"
"yeah...like dinner..." |
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Captain Petersburgh
Yak Addict
Canada
779 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2003 : 1:02:29 PM
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yeah ...that german song by him is funny... i love history class.
hi my name is Postwhoreburgh and i'll be YOURCaptain tonight.
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A nice word and a gun will get you alot farther than just a nice word |
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For all of us that don't wanna grow up
