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,

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 uuuuuuup, 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 uuuuuuup, 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 into a man, catch me if you can!
I won't grow up
not a peny will I pinch
I will never grow a mustache
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 uuuuuuup, no sir!
I won't grow up
I will never even try
I will do what Peter tells me
and I'll never ask him why
I won't grow up
no, I promise that I won't
I will stay a kid forever
and be banished if I don't
And Neverland will always be
the home of peace and joy and librety
I'll never grow up, never grow up,
never grow uuuuuuuup, not me!
-- from "Peter Pan", 1954 Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Music by Mark Charlap