Frank Turner - Photosynthesis lyrics

Well I guess I should confess that
I am starting to get old
All the latest music fads all passed
Me by and left me cold
All the kids are talking slang
I won't pretend to understand
All my friends are getting married
Mortgages and pension plans
And it's obvious my angry
Adolescent days are done
And I'm happy and I'm settled
In the person I've become
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up
And sitting out the game
Time may change a lot
But some things they stay the same

And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

Oh, maturity's a wrapped up package deal
So it seems
And ditching teenage fantasy means
Ditching all your dreams
All your friends and peers and family
Solemnly tell you you will
Have to grow up, be an adult, yeah
Be bored and unfulfilled
Oh, but no one's yet explained to
Me exactly what's so great
About slaving 50 years away on
Something that you hate
About meekly shuffling down the
Path of mediocrity
Well, if that's your road, then take it
But it's not the road for me

And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

And if all you ever do with your life
Is just photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour
Of your sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when
You're gonna die

Now I'll play, and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
Now I'll play, and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin

And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up