Alvin Stardust - Growin' Up lyrics

Growing Up – Growing Up – Growing Up Well I stood stone-like at midnight Suspended in my masquerade And I combed my hair, 'til it was just right And commanded the night brigade I was open to pain, across by the rain And I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fall-out zone And came out with my soul untouched And I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd And when they said "sit down", I stood up Oooh – Growing Up – Oooh – Growing Up And the flag of piracy, it flew from my mast And my sails were set wing to wing I had a juke box graduate for first mate She couldn't sail, but she sure could sing And I pushed B52 when I 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 a thought to landing And I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd And when they said "come down", I threw up Oooh – Growing Up – Oooh – Growing Up I took month long vacations in the stratosphere You know it's really hard to hold your breath Swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress My feet finally took root in the earth I got me a nice little place in the stars Yeah, 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 And when they said "pull down", I pulled up Oooh – Growing Up – Oooh – Growing Up You know it was cool just growing up Yeah we were cool growing up