Photosynthesis - Live At Shepherds Bush Empire 2009

One more song
Alright, London
This is your last chance to sing
And your last chance to dance
So let's do this one together
One (two)
(One, two, three, four)

Well, I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand
All my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension plans

And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done
And I'm happy, and I'm settled in the person I've become
But that doesn't mean that I'm settled up, sitting out the game
Time may change a lot, but some things may stay the same

I won't sit down, I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

Well, maturity's a wrapped up package deal, so it seems
Ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will
Have to grow up be an adult yeah be bored and unfulfilled

Oh, but no one's yet explained to me exactly what's so great
About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate
Look, I'm meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity
Well, if that's your road then take it, but it's not the road for me

I won't sit down, I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
I won't sit down, I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

And if all you ever do with your life
Is just photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour of these sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die

Mr. Benjamin Lloyd on mandocaster
Reintroducing Mr. Chris Farren of Fake Problems
On the bass, Oxford's very own, Mr. Tarrant Anderson
On the keys, on the floor tom, on the cowbell
And the backing vocals, and I'm giving him a little kiss
Mr. Matthew Nasir
On the drums
Brain surgeon, astrophysicist, mountain climber, drummer
Mr. Nigel Powell

So I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
Now I'll play and everybody will sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
Here we go

I won't sit down, I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
I won't sit down, I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down, and I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

Thank you and goodnight