When You Grow Up

When you were young enough
Doing all that fun kid stuff
Did you think of what you'd be?

Marco polo in the pool
Kickball games behind the school
Playing tag and hide 'n seek

When you grow up, what kind of boy will you be?
Oh, what will you be?

Drawing pictures with some chalk
Raindrops wash it from the walk
Summer days it never ends

Spin the bottle on the ground
Watch it turning round and round
Maybe he will be my friend

When you grow up, what kind of girl will you be?
Oh, what will you be?

Will you write a book or invent a machine?
Will you be an astronaut or will you sail the sea?

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When you grow up, what kind of person will you be?
Oh the things you'll be happy

What if you took the long way down
To your favorite cafe on the east side of town?
And you got stuck at the light
So you turn down a side street
But you couldn't drive down 'cause it's a Saturday swap meet

O la la, o la la, o la la, la la
O la la, o la la, o la la, la la o

So you get out of your car
And you walk through the crowd
You bargain for a teapot in the shape of an owl
So you walk and you walk and you walk to the coffee shop

O la la, o la la, o la la, la la
O la la, o la la, o la la, la la o

You feel lonely and shy
But you take the empty seat next to the cute guy

What if he smiled when you asked for the time?
Your pen wouldn't write, so he said, "Take mine"
When your coffee got cold, he bought you another
You didn't know it yet, but you were meant for each other

O la la, o la la, o la la, la la
O la la, o la la, o la la, la la o

What if you talked 'til it was time to go?
He said, "See you around"
And you said, "Who knows?"
But you knew in your heart
That you'd see him again
After walking down a side street coming from a new direction

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O la la, o la la, o la la, la la o

Look at me now, we're on the town
Kicking up dust, it's all for us
City lights, pretty lights just take me out to play

Dressing me up as red for luck
So much to do to hide the blue
City lights, pretty lights just wear me out they say

Buttons and ribbons are finding their place
Smearing the makeup I put on my face
Spiders and lizards are tying my shoes
Whispering da da da, da da da, da da da

Finding my crutch, a gentle touch
Finding my dance, retreat, advance
City lights, pretty lights just wring me out to dry

Buttons and ribbons are finding their place
Smearing the make-up I put on my face
Spiders and lizards are tying my shoes
Whispering da da da (da da da), da da da (da da da), da da da