Story Behind the Song
This song about growing up through your teenage years (and all the perks that come with each age) is written and performed by Johnny Guitar. This song was our first single, and it broke into the top ten on the local artist chart in 2001.
Lyrics
i am fifteen, going on sixteen
it feels real nice to get older
i can drive now
i got a girl now
wanted to kiss her
didn't know how
i am sixteen, going on seventeen
now we can go see R-rated movies
this is growing up,
if this is growing up
here's to youth
i am seventeen, going on eighteen
soon i'll be able to stay out past 11
this is heaven
let's buy some cigarettes
no beer yet?
well i don't know then
i am eighteen, going on nineteen
been gone for long long long
it's my birthday, they didn't know it
i was bummed out, i didn't show it
this is growing up,
if this is growing up
here's to youth
i am nineteen, going on twenty
i'll take on the world when i'm ready
well.....
i'm ready
so long, so long
to my youth.
this is growing up,
if this is growing up,
here's to youth!!
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