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Songs about Growing Up

You can't stop getting older, but you can refuse to grow up. But perhaps that isn't the best way to look at it - grown ups do have their use in the world, such as paying the rent and minding the store and whatnot. There are some jobs, such as artist, comedian, or inventor, where it's just that much better to never quite grow up all the way, to have that spark of inner child. But to be a fireman, soldier, or teacher - that requires a grown-up. The world needs both kinds.

These are songs about young folks looking forward to becoming old folks, or old folks looking back at how they got that way. Most songs about growing up don't have a very favorable view of growing up, because all songs are written by artists.

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  100 Years
  Five For Fighting
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  11
  Cassadee Pope
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  1979
  Smashing Pumpkins
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  Against the Wind
  Bob Seger
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  All Things Must Pass
  George Harrison
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  All Things Must Pass
  Beatles
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  American Honey
  Lady Antebellum
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  Beautiful Boy
  John Lennon
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  Boss Of Me
  They Might Be Giants

  "You're not the boss of me now
  You're not the boss of me now
  You're not the boss of me now and you're not so big"

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  Butterfly Kisses
  Jeff Carson
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  Cat's in the Cradle
  Harry Chapin

  "I've long since retired and my son's moved away.
  I called him up just the other day.
  I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
  He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.
  You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu,
  But it's sure nice talking to you, dad."

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  Chattahoochee
  Alan Jackson
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  Daddy's Girl
  Red Sovine
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  Daddy's Hands
  Holly Dunn
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  Dance With My Father
  Luther Vandross
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  Don't Blink
  Kenny Chesney
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  Don't Take the Girl
  Tim McGraw
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  Drive (For Daddy Gene)
  Alan Jackson
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  Father and Son
  Cat Stevens
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  Forever Young
  Rod Stewart
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  Girls In Their Summer Clothes
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Grow Up
  Simple Plan
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  Growin' Up
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Growing Up
  Fall Out Boy
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  He Didn't Have to Be
  Brad Paisley
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  I Got A Car
  George Strait
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  I'm Just a Kid
  Simple Plan
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  In My Life
  Beatles
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  It'll Come Back
  Red Sovine
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  Lonely Boy
  Andrew Gold
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  My Hometown
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Never Grow Up
  Taylor Swift
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  Old Rivers
  Walter Brennan
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  Puff the Magic Dragon
  Peter Paul & Mary
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  Red Ragtop
  Tim McGraw
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  Remember When
  Alan Jackson
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  Run
  Collective Soul
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  Silver Street
  Ben Folds
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  Stealing Cinderella
  Chuck Wicks
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  Still Fighting It
  Ben Folds
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  Strawberry Wine
  Deanna Carter
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  Talladega
  Eric Church
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  That Summer
  Garth Brooks
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  That's My Job
  Conway Twitty
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  The Best Day
  Taylor Swift
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  The Class of '57 Had Its Dreams
  Statler Brothers, The
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  There Goes My Life
  Kenny Chesney
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  Time In A Bottle
  Jim Croce
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  Tough Little Boys
  Gary Allan
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  Watching Scotty Grow
  Bobby Goldsboro
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  What a Good Boy
  Barenaked Ladies
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  When I Grow Up
  Garbage
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  When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
  Beach Boys
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  Where Corn Don't Grow
  Travis Tritt
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  Where I Grew Up
  Kenny Chesney
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  Wouldn't It Be Nice
  Beach Boys
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  You're Gonna Be
  Reba McEntire
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  You're Gonna Miss This
  Trace Adkins

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