Draft:I Don't Wanna Grow Up (song)

"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" is a song by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan from his album Bone Machine (1992) and released as a single.

Background
The song is from the perspective of a child who does not want to enter the world of adults: "Well when I see my parents fight/ I don't wanna grow up. They all go out and drinking all night. And I don't wanna grow up/ I'd rather stay here in my room/ Nothin' out there but sad and gloom/ I don't want to live in a big old tomb/ On Grand Street." It is lighter in tone than most of the songs on Bone Machine; a review in AllMusic calls the song "catchy" and "playful."

The song was the basis for a music video directed by Jim Jarmusch.

The song was covered by the Ramones on their last album, iAdios Amigos! (1995). Waits would cover their "The Return of Jackie and Judy" on We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones, later included on Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.