Grownup

(carly simon)



I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown

Red roses on cotton, i stood three feet from the ground

The grownups inside used words i didn't know

But still i enjoyed the show



They looked so lovely, they looked so self-assured

And i just like them would know it all when i matured

And i wouldn't be afraid of the darkness or the bears

Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs



Now i've just gotten older, i've just gotten taller

And the little ones, they call me a grownup



Lat night at a friend's house a little girl was there

She stood in the doorway playing with her hair

She looked up to me as if i could do no wrong

As i got up to sing my song



I sang it with a shiver in my throat and in my knees

Feeling just as small as a thistle in a breeze

But the child's imagination carried me along

And saw me through my song



Now i've just gotten older, i've just gotten taller

And the little ones call me a grownup


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