When I Grow Down
When I grow down I will be
Part of the in-crowd and
I will not follow my heart
I'll do what they want me to
Say what they want me to
And with my mind I will part
When I grow down my life will
Turn around and I will
Come into many new friends
I'll shuffle off wretchedness
The only catch is that
Freedom of everything ends
Devolution
Ideal prostitution
Moving ever backward lack of
Progress
Sell my soul and then I
Play a role and spend the
Rest of my life under
Duress
When I grow down I'll go with-
Out a sound into the
Ranks of the majority
Leaving behind things like
My mind which used to be
Number one priority
When I grow down my head will
Wear a crown and I will
Be even more like the norm
Its outside is bright and so
That makes it right and it
Tells all that "I Have Conformed"
Mediocrity
Extreme hypocrisy
Towards all but mostly
Myself
Follow the leader, bullshit
Regulations heeder center
My life around everyone else --
What else can I do to disgrace me?
When I grow down I'll be a
Proper noun and I
Won't associate with a verb
I'll be too refined and so
Totally blind that I
Won't see that I am a scourge
When I grow down I will not
Be allowed to judge or
Feel or see or think for myself
And that time won't come when I
Realize I'm dumb and that
I am like everyone else
When I grow down
Hate will abound
And peace will come to a truce
Corruption and greed will trans-
Form into need
And nothing will be scarcer than truth
When I grow down I guess I'll
Be uptown, but in my
Heart I'll always know that I fell
The time I can't say, and I
Don't know the date, but
It will be a cold day in hell
© 1989 John Brocato
Part of the in-crowd and
I will not follow my heart
I'll do what they want me to
Say what they want me to
And with my mind I will part
When I grow down my life will
Turn around and I will
Come into many new friends
I'll shuffle off wretchedness
The only catch is that
Freedom of everything ends
Devolution
Ideal prostitution
Moving ever backward lack of
Progress
Sell my soul and then I
Play a role and spend the
Rest of my life under
Duress
When I grow down I'll go with-
Out a sound into the
Ranks of the majority
Leaving behind things like
My mind which used to be
Number one priority
When I grow down my head will
Wear a crown and I will
Be even more like the norm
Its outside is bright and so
That makes it right and it
Tells all that "I Have Conformed"
Mediocrity
Extreme hypocrisy
Towards all but mostly
Myself
Follow the leader, bullshit
Regulations heeder center
My life around everyone else --
What else can I do to disgrace me?
When I grow down I'll be a
Proper noun and I
Won't associate with a verb
I'll be too refined and so
Totally blind that I
Won't see that I am a scourge
When I grow down I will not
Be allowed to judge or
Feel or see or think for myself
And that time won't come when I
Realize I'm dumb and that
I am like everyone else
When I grow down
Hate will abound
And peace will come to a truce
Corruption and greed will trans-
Form into need
And nothing will be scarcer than truth
When I grow down I guess I'll
Be uptown, but in my
Heart I'll always know that I fell
The time I can't say, and I
Don't know the date, but
It will be a cold day in hell
© 1989 John Brocato