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I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown

Red roses on linen

I stood three feet from the ground

 The grownups laughed inside

 Used words I didn't know

 But still I enjoyed the show

They looked so lovely

They looked so self-assured

 And I just like them

 Would know it all when I matured

 And no longer be afraid of the darkness or the bears

 Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs

 Well, I've just gotten older

I've just gotten taller

 And the little ones

 Call me a grownup

Last night at a friend's house

 A little girl was there

 She stood in the doorway playing with her hair

She looked up at me as if I could do no wrong

 As I stood to sing my song

I sang it with a shiver

 In my throat and in my knees

Feeling just as small

 As a thistle in a breeze

 But the child's imagination

Carried me along

 And saw me through my song

 See, I've just gotten older

I've just gotten taller

 And the little ones

 Call me a grownup