Will I Ever Grow Up is a song that Raffi's friends asked him to write for people who dream of a future ahead for their children to grow up in.
Lyrics[]
Will I ever grow up, Mama?
Will I ever grow up, Papa?
Will I ever grow up to be like you
So big and strong?
Will I ever grow up, Mama?
Do you think that I can, Papa?
Will I ever grow up to be like you?
Say that I will
Can I be a grown-up, too
Doing things that grown-ups do
Going off to work one day
All by myself?
Will I have a grown-up choice
Wearing grown-up clothes
And babies of all my own?
Then my family's home
Will I ever grow up, Mama?
Will I ever grow up, Papa?
Will I ever grow up to be like you
So big and strong?
Will I ever grow up, Mama?
Do you think that I can, Papa?
Will I ever grow up to be like you?
Say that I will
Will I ever grow up?
Can I be just like you?
Say that I will.
Song Credits[]
Written by Raffi and Debi Pike, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).
Trivia[]
- According to the Raffi on Broadway soundtrack booklet, the song was written in 1987.
- Connie LeBeau plays the accordion in this song.
