I was wasting my timenTrying to fall in lovenDisappointment came to me andnBooted me and bruised and hurt mennThat's how people grow upnThat's how people grow upnnI was wasting my timenLooking for lovenSomeone must look at menAnd see their sunlit dreamnnI was wasting my timenPraying for lovenFor a love that never comes fromnSomeone who does not exist andnnThat's how people grow upnThat's how people grow upnnLet me live before I dienNot me, not I!nnI was wasting my lifenAlways thinking about myselfnSomeone on the deathbed saidnThere are other sorrows toonnI was driving my carnI crashed and broke my spinenSo yes, there are things worse in life thannNever being someone's sweetiennThat's how people grow upnThat's how people grow upnnAs for me I'm o.k.nFor now anyway