When you're 4 or 5 years old It's really hard to make up your mind What you want to be when you grow up After all you do have a lot of choices I might drive a truck, I might drive a train I might sail a boat or fly an airplane Might take a rocket ship to the moon I'm growin' pretty fast so it might be soon When I get big, when I get big That's what I'm gonna do when I get big Someday I'll leave mom and dad all alone Make a lot of money then come back home I'll buy everybody everything they like I'll even buy myself a brand new bike When I get big, when I get big That's what I'm gonna do when I get big I might be president and stop all the wars And make people happy wherever they are Protect all the animals, the dolphins and the whales If people try to hurt 'em, I'll put 'em in jail When I get big, when I get big That's what I'm gonna do when I get big When I get big, when I get big That's what I'm gonna do when I get big When I get big, when I get big That's what I'm gonna do when I get big