Caroline's Spine - Quarter Century New lyrics

You see the posters up around my room And you ask me if I'm going to get up soon And I say I think I'm fine here today I know you wonder about the friends I run with And I know you rifle through my room when I'm out You'll never find out what I'm about But I hear you no matter what you think Because I know there is good in all your preaching What I am I got from you But you need to learn how to listen to me I won't grow up because life can be so cold I'm going to live in my dreams Even if I'll die to see them through I don't want to wake up a half a century older Wanting to be a quarter century new Quarter century new I did my time I got through school Left it all and made my rules that day The day we got away A different time I'm a different person And I grew into the look you thought was a curse for so long I've always been a little to far gone But I hear you no matter what you think Because I know there is good in all your preaching What I am I got from you But you need to learn how to listen to me Now, I won't grow up because life can be so cold I'm gonna live in these dreams Even if I die to see them through I don't want to wake up a half a century older No wanting to be a quarter century new Quarter Century New