When I Grow Up Lyrics - Matilda The Musical London Cast Recording - Matilda London Cast

(Tommy) 

When I grow up 

I will be tall enough to reach the branches 

that I need to reach to climb the trees 

you get to climb when you're grown up. 

(Tommy & Reginald) 

And when I grow up 

I will be smart enough to answer all 

the questions that you need to know 

the answers to before you're grown up. 

(Eric & Alice) 

And when I grow up 

I will eat sweets every day 

on the way to work and I 

will go to bed late every night! 

(Tommy, Reginald, Eric & Alice) 

And I will wake up 

when the sun comes up and I 

will watch cartoons until my eyes go square 

(All) 

and I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up! 

When I grow up! 

When I grow up, when I grow up 

(When I grow up) 

I will be strong enough to carry all 

the heavy things you have to haul 

around with you when you're a grown-up! 

And when I grow up, when I grow up 

(When I grow up) 

I will be brave enough to fight the creatures 

that you have to fight beneath the bed 

each night to be a grown-up! 

And when I grow up 

(When I grow up) 

I will have treats every day. 

And I'll play with things that mum pretends 

that mums don't think are fun. 

And I will wake up 

when the sun comes up and I 

will spend all day just lying in the sun 

and I won't burn 'cause I'll be all grown-up! 

When I grow up! 

(Miss Honey) 

When I grow up. I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed each night to be a grown-up. 

(When I grow up) 

(Matilda) 

Just because you find that life's not fair, it 

doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it. 

If you always take it on the chin and wear it 

nothing will change! 

(Miss Honey) 

When I grow up 

(Matilda) 

Just because I find myself in this story, 

It doesn't mean that everything is written for me. 

If I think the ending is fixed already, 

I might as well be saying 

I think that it's OK! 

And that's not right! 

And if its not right!