Lyrics to
Grownup

This version of Grownup was released by Carly Simon in 1974.

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I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown
Red roses on cotton, I stood three feet from the ground
the grownups 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 I wouldn’t be afraid of the darkness or the bears
Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs

Now I’ve just gotten older, I’ve just gotten taller
And the little ones, they call me a grownup

Lat night at a friend’s house a little girl was there
She stood in the doorway playing with her hair
She looked up to me as if I could do no wrong
As I got up 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

Now I’ve just gotten older, I’ve just gotten taller
And the little ones call me a grownup

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About Lyrics and Grownup by Carly Simon

The lyrics for Grownup are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Carly Simon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Grownup have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Grownup - Carly Simon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Grownup by Carly Simon in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Grownup" means the words set to the music of Grownup, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Grownup and the lyrics to Grownup are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Grownup, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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