Growing Up

Thanks, old friends...

Keep reminding me...

Frank's old friends

Always seem to come through

Frank will, too...

So, old friends

Now it's time to start growing up

Taking charge

Seeing things as they are

Facing facts

Not escaping them

Still with dreams

Just reshaping them

Growing up...

Charley is a hothead

Charley won't budge

Charley is a friend

Charley is a screamer

Charley won't bend

Charley's in your corner

Mary is a dreamer

Mary's a friend

Mary is a nudge

Mary is a purist

Charley's a judge

Charley is a dropout

Everything's a "copout"

Why is it old friends

Don't want old friends to change?

Every road has a turning

That's the way you keep learning

So, old friends

Don't you see we can have it all

Moving on

Getting out of the past?

Solving dreams

Not just trusting them

Taking dreams

Readjusting them

Growing up

Growing up...

Trying things

Being flexible

Bending with the road

Adding dreams

When the others don't last

Growing up

Understanding that growing never ends

Like old dreams—

Some old dreams—

Like old friends

Life is knowing what you want, darling

That's the only thing to know

As I told you moons ago, darling

Nothing wrong with wanting...

Nothing wrong with wanting me, darling

Also nothing wrong with not

Though it's only fair that

You should be aware that

I want you a lot

Growing up

Means admitting

The things you want the most

Can't pursue

Every possible line

Folding tents

Making choices

Ignoring all

Other voices

Including mine...

You're divine...

You decide on what you want, darling

Not on what you think you should

Not on what you want to want, darling

Not from force of habit

Once it's clearly understood, darling

Better go and grab it

Things can slip away for good, darling

What is it you really—hmm?