Hayes Carll
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Trouble in Mind
Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Capo 4
Intro: x2
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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
do
g
When I see the price that you pay I
don’t wanna grow u
p
I don’t ever want to be that way I
don’t wanna grow u
p
Seems like folks turn i
nto things t
hat they’d never w
ant
The only thing to l
ive for is t
oda
y
I’m gonna put a hole in my tv set I
don’t wanna grow u
p
Yeah gonna open up the medicine chest and I
don’t wanna grow u
p
I don’t wanna have to s
hout it out
I don’t want my h
air to fall out
I don’t wanna be
filled with doubt
I don’t wanna be a g
ood boy scout
I don’t wanna have to
learn to count
I don’t wanna have the b
iggest amount
I don’t wa
nna grow
up
Solo: C G C C G C Am Em F G Am Em F G
Well when I see my parents fight I
don’t wanna grow u
p
They all go out and drinkin’ all night and I
don’t wanna grow u
p
I’d rather stay here i
n my room
Nothin’ out there but s
ad and gloom
I don’t wanna live in a b
ig old tomb on G
rand S
treet
When I see the 5 o’clock news I
don’t wanna grow up
They Comb their hair and shine their shoes I
don’t wanna grow u
p
Rather stick around the o
ld hometown
I don’t wanna put no m
oney down
I don’t wanna get me a b
ig old loan
Work them fingers t
o the bone
I don’t wanna learn to f
loat a broom
Fall in love and get m
arried then boom
How the hell did I get h
ere so soon
I don’t
wanna grow
up
