Tryin’ To Grow A Chin [Philly ’76]

Yes! I'm only fourteen
Sickly 'n thin
Tried all of my life
Just to grow me a chin
It popped out once
But my dad pushed it in, can you dig it?
Tell me, why did he hurt me?
Lord, he's my next of kin . .
He's a mex-i-kin

I'm lonely 'n green;
Too small for my shirt
Yes, and if Simmons was here
I could feature my hurt
I'm scared of the future
'N I hope I don't grow
Nobody likes me
'Cause everywhere that I go
They say NO
They say NO
They say NO

Now I am older
Got a place in the town, babe
Yeah, I got a chin on my shoulder
'N it keeps growing down 'n down 'n down
I'm horny 'n lonely
'N I wish I was dead
Somebody tell me
Why am I livin'?
Lord, I wanna be dead instead
That's right, I said
I wanna be dead instead
Okay, now dig this:

I wanna be dead
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Yeah!)
I wanna be dead
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(Lord, I wanna be dead instead)
In bed
Please kill me
(Be dead in bed, yeah)
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(As sure as my name is Terry Ted, Terry Ted)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Kill me)
I wanna be dead
(Thrill me)
In bed
(Baby, you got to fill me with some love)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Only fourteen)
I wanna be dead
(Sickly and green)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me

One more time for the world!

I wanna be dead
(Wah-hoo!)
In bed
(I wanna be dead instead)
Please kill me
(Wanna be dead in bed)
'Cause that would thrill me
(Gonna wish my little girl)
I wanna be dead
(Would give me some head, hey-hey hey-hey)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
('Cause I'm only fourteen)
In bed
(Sickly 'n green)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(I'm feelin' really lean
I'm in love, see)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(I'm too small for my shirt)
I wanna be dead
(Feature my hurt)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(I wanna be dead instead)
I wanna be dead
In bed
Please kill me
(Baby!)
'Cause that would thrill me
(Don't you wanna
Fulfill me with some love . .
Lord, I wanna be dead in bed . . . )