I Don't Wanna Grow Up (track) by Tom Waits
Year: 1992
From the album Bone Machine (track #14)


I Don't Wanna Grow Up appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Bone Machine (track #14) (this album) (1992)
- Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years (track #22) (compilation) (1998)
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85/100 ![]() | 08/17/2023 00:58 | zomg101 | ![]() | 75/100 |
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A great track. The dread of aging, the stress of being an adult are everything that Tom or the narrator and probably all of us want to avoid. It's so wonderfully done, probably my favourite song on the album. Good video too.
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