Grownup Lyrics
(Carly Simon)I stood in the doorway in my white nightgownRed roses on cotton, I stood three feet from the groundthe grownups inside used words I didn't knowBut still I enjoyed the showThey looked so lovely, they looked so self-assuredAnd I just like them would know it all when I maturedAnd I wouldn't be afraid of the darkness or the bearsOr the cracks in the ceiling upstairsNow I've just gotten older, I've just gotten tallerAnd the little ones, they call me a grownupLat night at a friend's house a little girl was thereShe stood in the doorway playing with her hairShe looked up to me as if I could do no wrongAs I got up to sing my songI sang it with a shiver in my throat and in my kneesFeeling just as small as a thistle in a breezeBut the child's imagination carried me alongAnd saw me through my songNow I've just gotten older, I've just gotten tallerAnd the little ones call me a grownup
Carly Simon Grownup
