Kid Pan Alley: Music

I Want to Quit This Job

(Paul Reisler - Kid Pan Alley)

Paul Reisler and Ms. Griffin's 3rd grade, Francis Elementary, Richmond, VA

I wanna quit this job
I'm so tired of being a kid
I wanna go to New York City and fall in love
Get some high top sneakers, let my pants hang low
Go everywhere with my underwear showin'

I don't want to have to go to school
Don't need your stinkin' stupid grammar rules
Gonna learn to speak Spanish, Chinese too
Oh habla espanol, I'm eating egg drop soup
Oh I'm ready to fly the coop
I'm ready to fly the coop

No one'll be the boss of me
You know I am who I am, with no apologies

I gonna quit this job
I'm so tired of being a kid
I gonna go to New York City and fall in love
Get a new haircut and a bunch of new friends
Burn the candle from both ends

I don't want to have to mop the floor
Life in this burg makes me really bored
I'm gonna bite the Big Apple 'cause my future's clear
I'm gonna walk down that street where no one thinks I'm weird
Tell my mama I'm out of here
Tell my mama I'm out of here

No one'll be the boss of me
I am who I am, with no apologies

I gonna quit this job
I'm so tired of being a kid
I gonna go to New York City and fall in love
I'm gonna bite that Big Apple and fall in love