1964

*Children laughing*

"Hey, you're videoing! No!"

[Verse 1]

I didn't know any different

When I walked away from the car that day

You kissed my cheek, I sent a smile your way

You said, "Don't let anyone put that smile away"

As I skipped down the road feeling ever so old

Your throat went dry and your eyes went cold

[Chorus]

I'm not a child anymore

And I really am sure

Please don't waste your tears

As I lock the front door

We don't listen to the radio

Just us two sat in the car alone

Talk about the newspaper

Have a whine and a moan

I'm not a child anymore

And I really am sure

You can't stop the world

With a medicinal cure

We don't listen to the radio

Just us two sat in the car alone

Talk about the newspaper

Have a whine and a moan

Because you know that my ten o'clock curfew is no more

[Verse 2]

Tell me that I act young, that I am so immature

Well, there are a few things that I won't mention at all

I know you think I don't know what I am doing

Well, I guess that you're right

I've spent my whole life blagging

Then you tell me I'm precocious

That I'm going way too fast

Well, I did leave home

It was never gonna last

But just because I don't watch musicals in bed

Doesn't mean I don't have the songs stuck in my head

[Chorus]

I'm not a child anymore

And I really am sure

Please don't waste your tears

As I lock the front door

We don't listen to the radio

Just us two sat in the car alone

Talk about the newspaper

Have a whine and a moan

I'm not a child anymore

And I really am sure

You can't stop the world

With a medicinal cure

We don't listen to the radio

Just us two sat in the car alone

Talk about the newspaper

Have a whine and a moan

Because you know that my ten o'clock curfew is no more

[Outro]

The sights, the flashing lights

Parties and costumes, TFL nights

I know I can't control the powers that be

But father, please listen

Just let go of me