Paroles de Grownup

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