When We Grow Up

[Roberta]

When we grow up, will I be pretty?

[Michael]

Will I be big and strong?

[Roberta]

Will I wear dresses that show off my knees?

[Michael]

Will I wear trousers twice as long?

[Roberta]

Well, I don't care if I'm pretty at all

[Michael]

And I don't care if I never get tall

I like what you look like...

[Roberta]

... and you're nice small

[Roberta & Michael]

We don't have to change at all.

[Roberta]

When we grow up, will I be a lady?

[Michael]

Will I be on the moon?

[Roberta]

Well, it might be alright to dance by its light

But I'm gonna get up there soon

[Michael]

Well, I don't care if you're pretty at all

[Roberta]

And I don't care if you never get tall

[Michael]

I like what you look like...

[Roberta]

... and you're nice small.

[Roberta & Michael]

We don't have to change at all

[Roberta]

When I grow up, I'm gonna be happy.

[Michael]

I'll do what I like to do.

[Roberta]

Like making noise!

[Michael]

And making faces!

[Roberta & Michael]

And making friends like you.

And when we grow up, do you think we'll see

That I'm still like you and you're still like me?

[Roberta]

I might be pretty.

[Michael]

I might grow tall

[Roberta & Michael]

But we don't have to change at all.

[Michael]

I don't wanna change, see.

'Cause I still wanna be your friend.

Forever and ever and ever and ever...

• Artist:Marlo Thomas and Friends
• Album:Free to Be... You and Me (1972)