# WHEN I GET OLDER [Verse 1] When I was ten I had a master plan, I'd own the world by twenty-one. A fast car parked outside my door, A million reasons to want more. Nobody told me rent was real, Or Monday mornings hurt like hell. I thought grown-ups knew what to do, Turns out they're making it up too. [Pre-Chorus] So turn it up, turn it up, I don't wanna hear the clock. If this is growing up, Then maybe I forgot... [Chorus] When I get older, I wanna get louder, I wanna burn like a neon light. When I get older, I'll be a little bolder, Getting everything wrong just right. When I get older, Don't wanna get colder, Don't wanna become what they say. When I get older, I'll carry the fire, And never let the kid in me fade away. [Post-Chorus] Hey! Hey! Not today! I won't let the kid in me fade away. Hey! Hey! Come what may, We're getting older anyway! [Verse 2] I bought the shoes, I got the job, I learned to smile and play along. Passwords, taxes, coffee stains, Traffic lights and cancelled trains. They said, "One day you'll understand." I'm still waiting. Here I am. Maybe nobody has a clue, They're just better at pretending to. [Pre-Chorus] So turn it up, turn it up, Let the neighbors call the cops. If this is growing up, I'm never gonna stop. [Chorus] When I get older, I wanna get louder, I wanna burn like a neon light. When I get older, I'll be a little bolder, Getting everything wrong just right. When I get older, Don't wanna get colder, Don't wanna become what they say. When I get older, I'll carry the fire, And never let the kid in me fade away. [Bridge] Forty, fifty, sixty-five, Who
