When I Grow Up

When I grow up I won't have to think
I won't have to see unpleasant things
It'll all be perfect, just like on TV
And when I grow up I won't feel a thing
I won't trifle in other people's pain
I'll put these childish things away

When I grow up, when I grow up
When I grow up I won't have to think so much

When I grow up I'll look out for me
It's a small lifeboat, baby, it's a great big sea
And your tears are nothing; don't put that guilt on me

Oh, when I grow up, when I grow up
When I grow up I won't have to think so much

The one who does with the most toys wins
The one who dies in unspeakable sin, while the hungry multitude is condemned to live
Yeah, loaves and fishes, and fairytales
Let them eat cake, let the strong prevail
Let me alone, let them help themselves

I wanna kill this little voice inside of me
Yeah, the crazy little bastard saying things I will not believe
I wanna slide just like a snake into the driver's seat
Oh, I'm so glad I'm living in the USA, with my BMW and my MBA
Driving over the slums, high on the new beltway

When I grow up, when I grow up
When I grow up I won't have to think so much
Oh, when I grow up, when I grow up
When I grow up I won't have to feel so much