When I grow up to be a little boy

1.

I will not smoke; I will not drink;

they’re bad for me, the experts think.

I should do what’s good for my health,

though I’d rather enjoy myself.

Those people who sound like my mum

will spoil my fun for years to come,

treating me like I’m six years old.

I'm sick of doing what I’m told.

Chorus:

So many things you cannot do

whether you're 2 or 22.

I fear that life will be no joy

when I grow up to be a little boy.

2.

I will not look at ladies nude.

It’s disrespectful and it’s rude.

I won’t by adult magazines,

even after I turn eighteen.

But where’s the fun in adulthood

if I must go on being good.

If grown up things, I am forbid,

I may as well just stay a kid.

Chorus:

It seems I never will be free

whether I’m  3 or 33.

I fear that life will be no joy

when I grow up to be a little boy.

Bridge:

Anything goes, they used to say

but then they took everything away

and I don’t want to be Peter Pan;

I want to be what I am.. a man.