When I Grow Up Lyrics

I wanna be a dinosaur

Let's go crawling on the floor

I like to paint and I like to draw

I wanna be an astronaut

The other children laughed at me

'Cause I can't play football or rugby

And I'd much rather stay inside

And imagine all the things I'll do when I grow up

My oh my

How time flies

Don't let it pass you by

Yeah

As I grew life chipped at me

And turned my dreams into defeat

There'll always be a part of me

Where childhood curiosity remains

I try

To keep on moving

I follow the signs

but I keep on falling down

(Keep on falling down)

I climb

A hill so lonely

(A hill so lonely)

They're throwing stones

Trying to knock me to the ground

My oh my

All my life

They tried to change my mind

Now I no longer paint and draw

I'll never be an astronaut

Dreams stay dreams and that is all

But deep inside I'll never give them up