From the recording Back When I Was Grown Up
(It's never too late to be who you might have been. Thank goodness!!)
Lyrics
Back when I was grown up when I wore my hair like normal people
When my nose was free of holes and I had no tattoos.
Back when I was grown up when I went to bed at ten o’clock Eleven at the very latest if I caught the news
Manicured lawn and pedicured toes
Hospital corners, ribbons and bows
Everything was simple then goodness knows
Life SUCKED. Back when I was grown up.
Back when I was grown up I had food in my refrigerator
Money in my bank account enough to pay my dues
Back when I was grown up I read every book endorsed by Oprah
Anything by Deepak Chopra, read the bible too.
Waved my flag for liberty,
Father Knows Best and Leave It To Beave
Everything was simple then, Judas Priest!
Life SUCKED. Back when I was grown up.
Back when I was grown up back when I belonged to PTA
And I sang in the choir and attended Sunday School
Back when I was grown up back when I would poo poo NPR
And still voted republican and Rush Limbaugh was cool
Right to Lifer refugee
Who’s afraid of lesbians
That would be me.
Then someone flipped a switch
And I knew I’d rather be
Like a kid with a mind and a heart and a soul that is free
Back when I was grown up
I won’t grow up
I don’t wanna go to school
Just to learn to be a parrot
And recite a silly rule
If growing up means it would be
Beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I’ll never grow up never grow up never grow up
Not me
Not again
The end
Amen