It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

And we like to wish you all the best of luck

Now growing up is a hell of a job

The pay is good but the work is hard

Sometimes you feel like you wanna quit

And that's when you remember this

There aint nothing new, under the sun

What's you doing now's already been done

Fifth period, I did the same as you

I used to play cards in my lunchroom too

Now I used to cut class hanging out in the hall

I tipped my hat to the side cold playin the wall

Because smoking in school was a against the rules

So I did not smoke and I still was cool

Now you get yours just like I got mine

wanna see you there at graduation time

Fight your battles, don't ever run

Cause you win some and then you lose some

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

And we like to wish you all the best of luck

Tell no more, Blind man's bluff

That's just what it's like when you're growing up

These games I used to play as a kid

Describe exactly the way I lived

Run catch and kiss was a game I played

But losing you was a mistake that I made

I tried to have my cake and eat it too

I guess that's why you did what you had to do

Sometimes, you got to be down and out

Before you can understand what it's all about

I guess really, to understand the story

You got to feel the pain as well as the glory

And now that the shoe is on the other foot

I really don't like the way that it looks

It took us a while but we understand now

That what comes around also goes around

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

When you get to the point when you get fed up

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

And we like to wish you all the best of luck

When I was 10, I used to say I was 12

When I turned 15 I was bad as hell

When I was 18 I was hanging out freakin'

I was cool at 18 no longer a delinquent

I used to go to clubs with fake I.D.

Who you laughin' at you did the same as me

Sometimes they'd let me in

Sometimes they'd put me out

I guess that's what growing up was all about

About phases and changes and re-arranges

Growing up these days is getting dangerous

Too many people taking not enough giving

I'm just an average man just trying to make a living

And I don't have to tell you that it's hard as hell

But this is my life and I live it well

And when I get fed up all I do is shout

"I may be down but I'm not knocked out!"

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

When you get to the point when you get fed up

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

And we like to wish you all the best of luck

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

When you get to the point when you get fed up

It's all just a part of growing up

Things are gonna be hard, but don't give up

It's all just a part of growing up

And we like to wish you all the best of luck