Don't put that thing too close to my head It took this long just to get ahead, he says He knows for sure, but that he can't decide Between his decency and this matter of pride So he's growing up on time, he's growing up in the middle... And it burns, and it burns, the sun burns Oh, now I can really feel it. How could you ever stand it? We've got the same ideas, we got the same old fears; Different colors sometimes, but hey, who cares? It's just years that shears our lives apart, like the Time you tried to teach your nephew to fart, he couldn't do it. PUSH! So he's growing up on time, I'm growing up in the middle... Oh, now I can really feel it. How could you ever stand it? I'm not the kind of person who would say it, if it wasn't the truth And then you go and tell a friend that her heart's on fire And it has no meaning. Now and only now I know the difference when you tell me There is no difference. So she's growing up on time, she's growing up in the middle...