chocoholic Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 songs with a theme of the painfulness of growing up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 This one, I guess... CCR - Someday Never Comes Lyrics First thing I remember was asking papa why For there were many things I didn't know. And daddy always smiled and took me by the hand Saying someday you'll understand. (chorus:) Well I'm here to tell you now each and every mother's son That you better learn it fast you better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes. Well time and tears went by and I collected dust. For there were many things I didn't know. When daddy went away, he said, try to be a man, And someday you'll understand. Well, I'm here... And then one day in April, I wasn't even there, For there were many things I didn't know. A son was born to me. Mama held his hand, sayin' someday you'll understand. Well, I'm here... Think it was September, the year I went away, For there were many things I didn't know. And still I see him standing tryin' to be a man, I said, someday you'll understand. Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son, That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young, 'Cause someday never comes. Oh, I´ll remember some more than fit better, I´m sure... Carly Simon - It Was So Easy (carly simon/jacob brackman) I remember a time, rompin´ through the woods Sun against our skin instead of clothes When we felt hungry we would eat, whn we felt glad we would dance And whenever we felt drowsy we would doze It was so easy then never takin´ any stands It was so easy then, holdin´ hands I remember a time when our fears could be named And courage meant not refusing dares I remember when we took such cares to step never on the cracks, No only on the squares Or else we´d be abducted by the bears It was so easy then never makin´ any plans It was so easy then, holdin´ hands It was so easy then never makin any plans It was so easy then, holdin´ hands And now we are grown, with debts and regrets And broken hearts and sentimental schemes Now every tender failure seems to overthrow old dreams Love can lead a normal woman to extremes It was so easy once, holdin´ hands without a plan It was so easy once holdin´ hands Just holdin´ hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocoholic Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 hey kool thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I Don't Wanna Grow Up - The Ramones When I'm lyin' in my bed at nite I don't wanna grow up Nothing ever seems to turn out right And I don't wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog that's always changing things Makes the wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever wanna be that way And I don't wanna grow up Seems that folks turn into things that they never want The only thing to live for is today... I'm gonna put a hole in my T.V. set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest I don't wanna grow up I don't wanna have to shout it out I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't want the biggest amount No I don't wanna grow up Well when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up They all go out and drinkin' all night And I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on grand street When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up Comb their hair and shine their shoes I don't wanna grow up Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get me a big old loan Work them fingers to the bone I don't wanna float on a broom Fall in love, get married then boom How the hell did I get here so soon No I don't want to grow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhul Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Sliver - Nirvana Mom and dad went to a show Dropped me off at Grandpa Joe's. I kicked and screamed said please don't go Grandma, take me home. {x8} Had to eat my dinner there. I had mashed potatos and stuff like that. I couldn't chew my meat to good. Grandma, take me home. {x8} She said "why dont you stop your crying? Go outside and ride your bike." Thats what i did, i killed my toe. Grandma, take me home. {x8} After dinner, I had ice cream. I fell asleep and watched TV. I woke up in my mother's arms... Grandma, take me home. {x19} I want to be alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Growin' Up - Springsteen GROWIN' UP I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Sit down" I stood up. Ooh-ooh growin' up The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing, I pushed B-52 and bombed `em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing, I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up Ooh-ooh growin' up I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath. I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said "Pull down" I pulled up Ooh-ooh growin' up. Ooh-ooh growin' up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Eighteen by Alice Cooper Lines form on my face and hands Lines form from the ups and downs I'm in the middle without any plans I'm a boy and I'm a man I'm eighteen and I don't know what I want Eighteen I just don't know what I want Eighteen I gotta get away I gotta get out of this place I'll go runnin in outer space Oh yeah I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart Took eighteen years to get this far Don't always know what I'm talkin' about Feels like I'm livin in the middle of doubt Cause I'm Eighteen I get confused every day Eighteen I just don't know what to say Eighteen I gotta get away Lines form on my face and my hands Lines form on the left and right I'm in the middle the middle of life I'm a boy and I'm a man I'm eighteen and I LIKE IT Yes I like it Oh I like it Love it Like it Love it Eighteen! Eighteen! Eighteen! Eighteen and I LIKE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 There was a TV show on British TV, "The growing pains of Adrian Mole", based on a book which was hilarious... I remember Ian Dury did the song but I don´t know what the title is to search for lyrics... it´s not under that name... I don´t even remember the words, but maybe if you do it could fit...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole is one of the single best novels I have ever reada!! The Cappucino Years lacked slightly, but Adrian Mole was a legend in his own lifetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I was laughing to tears when I read that book, and "More growing pains" too... I bought six or seven copies and gave them to my family and friends... I found the song I was looking for, it´s "Profoundly in love with Pandora", but it doesn´t have much to do with the actual pains of growing up... BTW, wasn´t the title "The growing pains of..."? Or maybe that´s the TV show...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Ben Folds Five "Still Fighting It" Good morning, son. I am a bird Wearing a brown polyester shirt You want a coke? Maybe some fries? The roast beef combo?s only $9.95 It?s okay, you don?t have to pay I?ve got all the change Everybody knows It hurts to grow up And everybody does It?s so weird to be back here Let me tell you what The years go on and We?re still fighting it, we?re still fighting it And you?re so much like me I?m sorry Good morning, son In twenty years from now Maybe we?ll both sit down and have a few beers And I can tell you ?bout today And how I picked you up and everything changed It was pain Sunny days and rain I knew you?d feel the same things Everybody knows It sucks to grow up And everybody does It?s so weird to be back here. Let me tell you what The years go on and We?re still fighting it, we?re still fighting it You?ll try and try and one day you?ll fly Away from me Good morning, son I am a bird It was pain Sunny days and rain I knew you?d feel the same things Everybody knows Tt hurts to grow up And everybody does It?s so weird to be back here. Let me tell you what The years go on and We?re still fighting it, we?re still fighting it Oh, we?re still fighting it, we?re still fighting it And you?re so much like me I?m sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 AT SEVENTEEN Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired. The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth. And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen. A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve. The rich relationed hometown queen Married into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly. Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity. Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen. To those of us who know the pain Of valentines that never came, And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball. It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me. We all play the game and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me and murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" At home drawing pictures of mountain tops with him on top. Lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a V. And the dead lay in pools of maroon below. Daddy didn't give attention, oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care. King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world. Jeremy spoke in class today. (x2) Clearly how I remember picking on the boy. Seemed a harmless little f*ck. Ooh, but we unleashed a lion. Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast. How could I forget. And he hit me with a surprise left. My jaw left hurting. Ooh, dropped wide open. Just like the day, Oh, like the day I heard. Daddy didn't give affection, no, and the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear. King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world. Jeremy spoke in class today. (x3) Who? (x14) Try to forget this. (try to forget this). Try to erase this. (try to erase this). From the blackboard. Jeremy spoke in class today. (x2) Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... (x2) Jeremy spoke in class today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 musical interlude Angel From Montgomery - performed by Bonnie Raitt I am an old woman Named after my mother An old man is another Child who?s grown old If dreams were thunder Lightning was desire This old house it would?ve burned down A long time ago Make me an angel That flies from montgomery Make me a poster Of an old rodeo Just give me one thing That I can hold on to To believe in this livin? Is just a hard way to go When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy It wasn?t much to look at It was a free ramblin? man There was a long time No matter how I tried The years they just rolled by Like a broken down dance Make me an angel That flies from montgomery Make me a poster Of an old rodeo Just give me one thing That I can hold on to To believe in this livin? Is just a hard way to go There?s flies in the kitchen I can hear them there buzzin? And I ain?t done nothing since I woke up today But how the hell can a person Go on to work in the morning To come home in the evening And have nothing to say Make me an angel That flies from montgomery Make me a poster Of an old rodeo Just give me one thing That I can hold on to To believe in this livin? Is just a hard way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhul Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" I love this song!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtCobain0406 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I would go with Jeremy because that's based on a true story, or Sliver because it's about Cobain's childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Growin' Up - Springsteen GROWIN' UP I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Sit down" I stood up. Ooh-ooh growin' up The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing, I pushed B-52 and bombed `em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing, I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up Ooh-ooh growin' up I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath. I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said "Pull down" I pulled up Ooh-ooh growin' up. Ooh-ooh growin' up Did you ever beat me to the punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Kat WQAQ98.1 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Under 21 -Save Ferris The other night I tried to go to a show But the man at the door He told me no He said, "No one under 21 allowed" But he must have been stupid 'cause I saw my friends in the crowd He said, "You can't buy an alcoholic drink" "So we don't care what you really think" Why's this happened to me And the show was for free It sucks to be Under 21 So I went and got myself a plan that would work And I went on home and got a real short skirt And I flirt my way right through that goddamn door But once inside the music was no more Well I guess I got there just a bit too late I guess it's just my luck It's just my fate Why's this happened to me And the show was for free It sucks to be Under 21 I only want to have a little fun But every time I try they tell me "You're not 21" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 I like the name of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ess42304 Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Homemade - Nicole C Mullen Riding the city bus on the way to school Me and my two sisters and all the ridicule The older girls on the back of the bus Would laugh and call us names They'd talk about our hair, our clothes And call us homemade See the "not so good ole days" Can make you weak or make you brave I've never been the most beautiful No I ain't never been the most popular But it's amazing what love can do It's amazing what a little love can do Every thought and action is like a boomerang What goes around will come back baby So careful what you say And the little ugly ducklings are swans that got away Cause Cinderella stories, they still happen everyday Where the "not so good ole days" Could make you weak or brave I've never been the most beautiful Don't care I've never been the most popular Still it's amazing what love can do It's amazing what a little love can do I bumped into a stranger just the other day She said "Can you spare a dollar sista?" "My man he ain't got paid" So I gave her what I had, then I recognized her face She was the leader of the girls who used to call us homemade Back when the "not so good ole days" Could make you weak or brave I've never been the most beautiful I ain't never been the most popular But it's amazing what love will do Ain't it amazing what Homemade love will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 When you consider the prominent role of "Teen Angst" in "rock'n'roll" (in all its guises) over the years, this shouldn't be that hard, yet....tricky one! The most articulate summary of "growing pains" I can think of, and which is a pretty great song all round, is this: THE JAM- WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG Life is timeless, days are long when you're young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young Life is new and there's things to be done You can't wait to be grown up Acceptance into the capital world You pull on some weed, then you pull on someone when you're young But you find out life isn't like that It's so hard to comprehend Why you set up your dreams to have them smashed in the end But you don't mind you've got time on your side And they're never gonna make you stand in line You're just waiting for the right time You're fearless and brave - you can't be stopped when you're young You swear you're never ever gonna work for someone No corporations for the new age sons Tears of rage roll down your face But still you say "it's fun" And you find out life isn't like that It's so hard to understand Why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam It's got you in its grip before you're born It's done with the use of a dice and a board They let you think you're king but you're really a pawn You're fearless and brave - you can't be stopped when you're young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Just the title of the thread made me think of this song I love by a very underrated band, Whipping Boy. When we were young When we were young nobody died And nobody got older The toughest kid in the street Could always be bought over And the first time that you loved You had all your life to give At least that's what you said The first time you got drunk You drank pernod and dry cider Smashed a window in as the police came round the corner You didn't have no time to run And your dad stood up for you As the judge said you're a fool Babies, sex and flagons, shifting women, getting stoned Robbing cars, bars and pubs, rubber johnnies, poems Starsky and Hutch gave good TV And Starsky looked like me The first time that you stole You stole rubber lips and tenners Bought a radio then ran away for ever Never felt so good, never felt so good with you When we were young we had no fear Of love nor sex nor warnings Everyone was hanging out, everyone was sorted When we were young nobody knew Who you were or what you'd do Nobody had a past that catches up on you Babies, sex and flagons, shifting women, getting stoned Robbing cars, bars and pubs, rubber johnnies, poems Starsky and Hutch gave good TV And Starsky looked like me What might have been What might have been What might have been With a start he was awoken From the middle of a dream He's making movies in his head That never will be seen He's holding Oscars in his hands And kissing beauty queens What might have been What might have been When we were young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 You take the good, you take the bad you take them both and there you have the facts of life the facts of life There's a time you've got to go and show, you're growin' and now you know the facts of life the facts of life When the world never seems to be living up to your dreams and suddenly you're finding out the facts of life are all about you. It takes a lot to get them right when you're learning the facts of life learning the facts of life, learning the facts of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 You can't top that one. I was going to post "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Tom Waits, but I saw that the Ramones cover version was already posted. If interested, go back one page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Mother told me, yes, she told me I’d meet girls like you. She also told me, stay away, you’ll never know what you’ll catch. Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some indonesian junk that’s going round. Mommy’s alright, daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay. Father says, your mother’s right, she’s really up on things. Before we married, mommy served in the wacs in the philippines. Now, I had heard the wacs recruited old maids for the war. But mommy isn’t one of those, I’ve known her all these years. Mommy’s alright, daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay. Whatever happened to all this season’s losers of the year? Ev’ry time I got to thinking, where’d they disappear? When I woke up, mom and dad are rolling on the couch. Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my kiss records out. Mommy’s alright, daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay. Away. Away. Great song...bugger to sing though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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