[Intro] (Sound of a MAX train door chime, followed by the "shhh" of a torch) (Cheerful, distorted 80s synth jingle) [Verse 1] I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Rose City kid I’m out here on the stroll where the real ones stay hid I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Rose City kid I’m burning through a blue just like my big brother did [Verse 2] I’m posted in the cut with a tooter in my hand The youngest fent explorer in this rainy Promised Land I don’t wanna grow up, I’m chasing down the trail I’m dodging all the pigs so I don’t end up in the jail! [Chorus] From the foil to the straw to the breaking of the law It’s the hardest life there is (it’s biz!) I don’t wanna grow up, 'cause maybe if I did I couldn’t be a Rose City kid! [Verse 3] I’m nodding on the Red Line, I’m leaning on the glass Watching all the normies and the Subarus pass I don’t wanna grow up, I need a point or two I’m clouted in the Pearl but I’m looking for a breakthrough! [Bridge] (Music slows down, sounds "underwater" and heavy) More rain... More shakes... More "whatever the plug takes"... It’s the biggest "not-a-toy" store there is! (Gee, I wish I was a kid...) [Verse 4] The sweeps are coming through so I gotta pack the gear I been strung out on the waterfront for over half a year I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Rose City kid I’m booting up the same way that the old-schoolers did! [Outro] I wanna be a Rose City kid... (Got any fetty? I’m sick...) I wanna be a Rose City kid... (Sound of a crackling fire in a trash can and the synth melody dying out)
