what's going on here
in this modern world?
I see people, burning faster
than their cigarettes

what's going on here?
well, the sky ain't blue
tell me I'll come home to no harm
when the sky ain't blue

what's all these words for?
well, I mostly see
that all the sparks in passion
& crime & fashion
are incidentally

oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
it really hurts to grow up
oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

somebody starts a fire
somebody starts a fire
I'm waking up, it's a maze
nobody's coming this way

somebody cooled the fire
somebody cooled the fire
he, isn't that strange?

oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
it really hurts to grow up
oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
it really hurts to come down

while you grow up
while you grow up
you become down




(c) Dirk Blanchaert