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You see the posters up around my room
And you ask me if Im going to get up soon
And I say I think Im fine here today
I know you wonder about the friends I run with
And I know you rifle through my room when Im out
Youll never find out what Im about
But I hear you no matter what you think
Because I know there is good in all your preaching
What I am I got from you
But you need to learn how to listen to me
I wont grow up because life can be so cold
Im going to live in my dreams
Even if Ill die to see them through
I dont want to wake up a half a century older
Wanting to be a quarter century new
Quarter century new
I did my time
I got through school
Left it all and made my rules that day
The day we got away
A different time I'm a different person
And I grew into the look you thought was a curse for so long
Ive always been a little to far gone
But I hear you no matter what you think
Because I know there is good in all your preaching
What I am I got from you
But you need to learn how to listen to me
Now, I wont grow up because life can be so cold
Im gonna live in these dreams
Even if I die to see them through
I dont want to wake up a half a century older
No wanting to be a quarter century new
Quarter Century New