verse
A short leash and a short fuse don't match
They tell me it ain't that bad, now don't you overreact
So I just hold my breath, don't know why
I can't see the sun when young should be fun (Fun)
pre-chorus
And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
And I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
But still the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night
chorus
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
pre-chorus
And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
But still the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night
chorus
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
verse
Starting to look like Ms. Know-It-All
Can't take her own advice
Can't find pieces of peace of mind, I cry
More than I want to admit but I can't lie
'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun
verse
Can't run back to my youth the way I want to
The days my brother was quicker to fool
Used monsters as an excuse to lie awake
Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face
No band-aids for the growing pains
outro
(Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, hey) no, no
No band-aids for the growing pains