Grownup lyrics

I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown

Red roses on linen, I stood three feet from the ground

The grownups laughed inside, used words

I didn't know

But still I enjoyed the show

They looked so lovely, they looked so self-assured

And I just like them would know it all when I matured

And no longer be afraid of the darkness or the bears

Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs

Well, I've just gotten older, I've just gotten taller

And the little ones call me a grownup

Last night at a friend's house, a little girl was there

She stood in the doorway, playing with her hair

She looked up at me as if I could do no wrong

As I stood to sing my song

I sang it with a shiver in my throat and in my knees

Feeling just as small as a thistle in a breeze

But the child's imagination carried me along

And saw me through my song

See, I've just gotten older, I've just gotten taller

And the little ones, they call me a grownup

• Artist:Carly Simon
• Album:Hotcakes