When I grow up ... 

I Wanna be a Punk


I wanna be a punk
I wanna spike my hair up and dye it all black
I wanna be a punk
I wanna play loud music and make people dance
I wanna be a punk
I want a great excuse to act boorish and unsocial
I wanna be a punk
I wanna be a radical in radical's clothing

      I wanna be a punk
      Yeah I wanna be a punk
      I wanna be a punk
      Like me

I wanna be a punk
I wanna tear my clothes because I think it's cool
I wanna be a punk
I wanna sweat in mosh pits and worship punk gods
I wanna be a punk
And hang out with punk friends and do the things punks do
I wanna be a punk
I wanna be a character a character like me

      I wanna be a punk
      Yeah I wanna be a punk
      I wanna be a punk
      Like me (I wanna be a punk)

I wanna be a punk
I wanna get in fights and be intimidating
I wanna be a punk
I wanna play the drums like the animal I am
I wanna be a punk
I wanna scream with anger when I'm not even mad
I wanna be a punk
I wanna be the best damn punk you ever had

      I wanna be a punk
      Yeah I wanna be a punk
      I wanna be a punk
      Like me

      I wanna be a punk
      Yeah I wanna be a punk
      I wanna be a punk
      Like me.

 

Keith – vocals, guitar, electronic percussion; mixdown
Rob – keyboards, guitar; production, mixdown

music by Keith and Rob
lyrics by Keith
Recorded at the Mansion On the Hill, Jul 2008.

Words and music by the Friends of Gravity  ©2008.