Well I stood stone like at midnight   Suspended in my masquerade   I combed my hair till it was just right   And commanded the night brigade   I was open to pain and crossed by the rain   And I walked on a crooked crutch   I strolled all alone through a fallout zone   Came out with my soul untouched   I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd   But when they said 'Sit down' I stood up   Ooh-ohh ooh hoo growin' up   The flag of piracy flew from my mast    My sails were set wing to wing   I had a jukebox graduate for first mate    She couldn`t sail but she sure could sing   I pushed the B-52 and bombed em with the blues    With my gear set stubborn on standing   I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school    Never once gave thought to landing, no   I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd    But when they said Come down I threw up   Ooh-ooh growin' up   I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere    And you know it`s really hard to hold your breath   And I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared    I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress   Well my feet finally took root in the earth    But I got me a nice little place in the stars   And I swear I found the key to the universe    In the engine of an old parked car   I hid in the mother breast of the crowd    But when they said move down I moved up   Ooh ooh ooh, don`t you know that I'm growin' up   Ooh ooh ooh, I can`t help it that I'm growin' up (ah