growing up the fast way

all i ever wanted to do was grow up
grow up and become a lawyer
or maybe that was just what i thought i wanted
maybe it's because that's what my mom wanted
nevertheless, i wanted to grow up
i wanted to be smart and beautiful
i wanted to be happy and talented

i love that quote about getting high from swinging at the playground
and the only things smoked were the tires on your bike
...the worst thing you could get from boys were cooties
yeah, that one

how about we get silly
silly as in staying up past curfew
silly as playing games with your heart
silly as in pro-circumcision? or no-circumcision?
silly as in sweating bullets on the dance floor on new years eve
silly as in the day that it hailed at the stampede
silly as convincing you that you're flirting with me
silly as writing stories
silly as singing colt 45 at the top of your lungs

wearing skirts does not mean that you're a slut
war is not only a card game
your heart can get broken just like your toys did
and when you're wasted, you're not talking about time anymore

i grew up the fast way
but i guess i didn't really have a choice
let me get silly
and i'll show the world how fantastic i am -
when i grow up