You're sixteen going on thirty-two
Confusion of age surrounding you
Cigarette dangles from your painted lips
You wear the shoe because it fits
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
Why don't you try and have some fun?
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
You're not fooling anyone
Why you wanna grow so old so fast?
Let your teenage ignorance last
Put away all those rings and chains
Come back and enjoy the growing pains
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
Why don't you try and have some fun?
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
You're not fooling anyone, no
When I saw you the other day
You saw me but turned away
Why didn't you acknowledge me?
Was it cause your date was thirty-three?
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
Why don't you try and have some fun?
Put on your sneakers and be a kid
You're not fooling anyone, no
Sneakers was written by Ian MacKaye.
Sneakers was produced by Skip Groff.
The Teen Idles released Sneakers on Mon Dec 01 1980.