A little boy once said,
“I want to be when I grow up”
He saw the world through shapes and colors he was up before the sun
But then one day his world stopped shining he was always on the run

These are the best years of your life
If you go to college, you’ll do it right
But what happens when your dreams come slow
And there’s static in your head like an FM radio

Looking back on who you thought you’d be
The little kid who always said “I believe”
Each day you stray further from reality cause
Growing up ain’t like you see it on TV

A little girl once dreamed about the day when she’d grow up
She’d meet a girl who’d buy her flowers
And she’d shower her with love
But soon she learned the world just saw her as a toy
Bouquets with roses to be given by boys

(But they say)
“These are the best years of your life”
If you go to college, you’ll do it right
But what happens when your dreams come slow
And there’s static in your head like an FM radio

Looking back on who you thought you’d be
The little kid who always said “I believe”
Each day you stray further from reality cause
Growing up ain’t like you see it on TV
What is wrong me

If these were the best years of my life
I went to college, I did it right
I’m still waiting on my dreams, they’re slow
And there’s static in my head like an FM radio

Looking back on who I thought I’d be
The little kid who always said “I believe”
Each day I stray further from reality cause
Growing up ain’t like I saw it on TV
What is wrong with me
Growing up ain’t like we saw it on TV