“You’re Growing” (1969)

You're Growing

You used to creep and crawl real well,
But then you learned to walk real well.
There was a time you’d coo and cry,
But then you learned to talk and, my!
You almost always try.
You almost always do your best.
I like the way you’re growing up.
It’s fun, that’s all

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You’re growing, you’re growing,
You’re growing in and out.
You’re growing, you’re growing,
You’re growing all about.

Your hands are getting bigger now.
Your arms and legs are longer now.
You even sense your insides grow
When Mom and Dad refuse you, So
You’re learning how to wait now.
It’s great to hope and wait somehow.
I like the way you’re growing up.
It’s fun, that’s all.

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Your friends are getting better now,
They’re better every day somehow.
You used to stay at home and play
But now you even play away.
You do important things now.
Your friends and you do big things now.
I like the way you’re growing up.
It’s fun, that’s all.

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Someday you’ll be a grown-up, too
And have some children grow up, too.
Then you can love them in and out
And tell them stories all about
The times when you were their size,
The times when you found great surprise
In growing up. And they will sing
It’s fun, that’s all

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