Nick's Crucial Tracks September 15, 2025

"I Don't Want to Grow Up" by Ramones

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What’s a lyric that resonates deeply with you and why?

> When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever want to be that way I don't wanna grow up Seems that folks turn into things That they never want The only thing to live for is today...

As a young man I was in a hurry to grow up. Now I'm approaching middle age and raising a child of my own, this whole song resonates with me a lot more.

This excerpt makes me think of the other adults around me; how many of us turned into versions of ourselves we could not fathom when we were younger?