Tim Minchin, Original Broadway Cast of Matilda, Bertie Carvel - When I Grow Up / Naughty (Reprise) lyrics

When I grow up
(When I grow up, when I grow up)
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
That I need to reach to climb
The trees you get to climb
When you're grown up

And when I grow up
(When I grow up, when I grow up)
I will be smart enough to answer all
The questions that you need to know

The answers to before you're grown up
And when I grow up
I will eat sweets every day
On the way to work
And I will go to bed late every night

And I will wake up when the sun comes up
And I will watch cartoons until
My eyes go square

And I won't care
'Cause, I'll be all grown up when I grow up

Even if you're little you can do a lot you
Mustn't let a little thing
Like "little" stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top
You won't change a thing

Just because you find that life's not fair
It doesn't mean that you just have
To grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
You might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right!

And if it's not right
You have to put it right
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
Nobody but me is gonna change my story
Sometimes you have to be a little bit –

Maggots!

– naught