Growing Up Songtext
von Stephen Sondheim

Thanks, old friends

Keep reminding me

Frank′s old friends always seem to come through

Frank will too
So, old friends, now it's time to start growing up
Taking charge, seeing things as they are
Facing facts, not escaping them
Still with dreams, just reshaping them
Growing up

Charlie is a hothead, Charlie won′t budge
Charlie is a friend
Charlie is a screamer, Charlie won't bend
Charlie's in your corner
Mary is a dreamer, Mary′s a friend
Mary is a nudge
Mary is a purist, Charlie′s a judge
Charlie is a dropout, everything's a cop-out
Why is it old friends don′t want old friends to change?
Every road has a turning, that's the way you keep learning


So, old friends, don′t you see we can have it all?
Moving on, getting out of the past
Solving dreams, not just trusting them
Taking dreams, readjusting them
Growing up

Growing up
Trying things, being flexible
Bending with the road
Adding dreams when the others don't last
Growing up
Understanding that growing never ends
Like old dreams
Some old dreams
Like old friends

Life is knowing what you want, darling
That′s the only thing to know
As I told you moons ago, darling
Nothing wrong with wanting

Nothing wrong with wanting me, darling
Also nothing wrong with not
Though it's only fair that you should be aware that
I want you a lot


Growing up means admitting the things you want the most
Can't pursue every possible line
Folding tents, making choices
Ignoring all other voices
Including mine
You′re divine
You decide on what you want, darling
Not on what you think you should
Not on what you want to want, darling
Not from force of habit

Once it′s clearly understood, darling
Better go and grab it
Things can slip away for good, darling
What is it you really...