13 / Becoming A Man
I'm Evan Goldman
I live at 224 West 92nd Street, in the heart of Manhattan
And my life just went to hell!
Picture me, just another cool kid in NYC, near the park and the Met
Life is sweet, Yankees in the Bronx, pretzels on the street
Just how good can it get?
Who'd have guessed, dad would meet a stewardess
Mom's depressed, and her lawyers are mean
Now I'm stressed, life is a disaster
And I'm cracking from the strain, going totally insane
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn, just about to turn
13!
Everything switches
13!
Everything turns around
13!
End up in stitches
13!
Hide away underground
13!
Can I get through it?
13!
Life has changed overnight
13!
How do I do it?
13!
Nothing is going right
The best, and the worst
And the most, and the least
And the crazy, and the scary
And I'm standing on the edge!
12 years old
Everything that used to be good as gold, starts to crumble and crack
Pressure mounts
Once it was a joke, now it really counts, and there's no turning back
Life goes wrong
Suddenly they're yelling cause your hair's too long
Or your room isn't clean
Roll along
Every conversation is another lost cause, or a list of my flaws
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn, God I'm gonna turn
13!
I want a dirt bike
13!
I wanna kill my mom
13!
I want a mustache
13!
I want a wonder bra
13!
When do I get it?
13!
All of the grown up stuff
13!
How will I make it?
13!
When am I old enough?
Why is the world feeling suddenly stranger?
Why are my friends acting totally weird?
Why do I feel like my life is in danger?
Why do I feel like my brain disappeared?
How will I get through a year of Spanish?
How can I not look dumb in track?
How can I gain 20 pounds by Friday?
How can I make my voice not crack?
I wanna fly, wanna run, wanna drive
Wanna get rich, wanna get drunk, wanna get out!
Wanna get my braces off
Wanna get my nose pierced
Wanna grow my hair long
But all I keep hearing is
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
Homework
Laundry
Dishes
Courses
Just settle down and hold your horses!
In the middle of this city, in the middle of this street
There's the sound of something crumbling, rumbling underneath my feet
In the middle of the sidewalk, outside P.S. 84 I hear a roar
I can't ignore
I hear, "Evan, it's not your fault"
I hear, "Evan, can't you see?"
I hear, "Evan, do you want to go with mom, or stay with me?"
I hear, "Kiddo I'm not angry"
I hear, "Buddy, you know best"
And there's the rumbling getting louder
But there's one day in October
When the pieces all will fit
When they have to be together, and pretend they didn't quit
I've got one day in October, and I know it's got to be the perfect party
I'm becoming a man
I don't know what a man really means
The rulebook grows, but no one knows what all the rules allow
I'm becoming a man
No one tells all us scared in-betweens
Just how we should be strong, be good
With so much pressure now
One day it gets better
One day it makes sense
One day I'll stop talking in the friggen future tense
One day in October
It'll all be great
And I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait (I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party)
(I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party!)
I can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait for
13!
Somethin' is comin'
13!
Somethin' is goin' up
13!
Somethin' is hummin'
13!
Somebody's growin' up!
13!
Hey!
13!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
13!
Hey-ay-ay-ay-yeah!
13!
Hey, yeah-yeah!
The best, and the worst
And the most, and the least
And the crazy, and the scary
And we're just about to turn
13!
I live at 224 West 92nd Street, in the heart of Manhattan
And my life just went to hell!
Picture me, just another cool kid in NYC, near the park and the Met
Life is sweet, Yankees in the Bronx, pretzels on the street
Just how good can it get?
Who'd have guessed, dad would meet a stewardess
Mom's depressed, and her lawyers are mean
Now I'm stressed, life is a disaster
And I'm cracking from the strain, going totally insane
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn, just about to turn
13!
Everything switches
13!
Everything turns around
13!
End up in stitches
13!
Hide away underground
13!
Can I get through it?
13!
Life has changed overnight
13!
How do I do it?
13!
Nothing is going right
The best, and the worst
And the most, and the least
And the crazy, and the scary
And I'm standing on the edge!
12 years old
Everything that used to be good as gold, starts to crumble and crack
Pressure mounts
Once it was a joke, now it really counts, and there's no turning back
Life goes wrong
Suddenly they're yelling cause your hair's too long
Or your room isn't clean
Roll along
Every conversation is another lost cause, or a list of my flaws
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn, God I'm gonna turn
13!
I want a dirt bike
13!
I wanna kill my mom
13!
I want a mustache
13!
I want a wonder bra
13!
When do I get it?
13!
All of the grown up stuff
13!
How will I make it?
13!
When am I old enough?
Why is the world feeling suddenly stranger?
Why are my friends acting totally weird?
Why do I feel like my life is in danger?
Why do I feel like my brain disappeared?
How will I get through a year of Spanish?
How can I not look dumb in track?
How can I gain 20 pounds by Friday?
How can I make my voice not crack?
I wanna fly, wanna run, wanna drive
Wanna get rich, wanna get drunk, wanna get out!
Wanna get my braces off
Wanna get my nose pierced
Wanna grow my hair long
But all I keep hearing is
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
No, you're not ready
No, it's not time yet
No, it's not right now, wait until you're older
Homework
Laundry
Dishes
Courses
Just settle down and hold your horses!
In the middle of this city, in the middle of this street
There's the sound of something crumbling, rumbling underneath my feet
In the middle of the sidewalk, outside P.S. 84 I hear a roar
I can't ignore
I hear, "Evan, it's not your fault"
I hear, "Evan, can't you see?"
I hear, "Evan, do you want to go with mom, or stay with me?"
I hear, "Kiddo I'm not angry"
I hear, "Buddy, you know best"
And there's the rumbling getting louder
But there's one day in October
When the pieces all will fit
When they have to be together, and pretend they didn't quit
I've got one day in October, and I know it's got to be the perfect party
I'm becoming a man
I don't know what a man really means
The rulebook grows, but no one knows what all the rules allow
I'm becoming a man
No one tells all us scared in-betweens
Just how we should be strong, be good
With so much pressure now
One day it gets better
One day it makes sense
One day I'll stop talking in the friggen future tense
One day in October
It'll all be great
And I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait (I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party)
(I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party, I can't wait to come to your party!)
I can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait for
13!
Somethin' is comin'
13!
Somethin' is goin' up
13!
Somethin' is hummin'
13!
Somebody's growin' up!
13!
Hey!
13!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
13!
Hey-ay-ay-ay-yeah!
13!
Hey, yeah-yeah!
The best, and the worst
And the most, and the least
And the crazy, and the scary
And we're just about to turn
13!
Credits
Writer(s): Jason Brown
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