Shadows on the radiogramme
Gollywogs stuck on jars of jam
The smell of baked beans and spam
Going nowhere

Fish and six and three fours
Milk and a dash through unlocked doors
We don't live there anymore
Does anyone care?

Growing up is hard to do
When it's standing right in front of you
Busy making plans and never asking you

Down at the kissing gate
the scene of your favourite mistakes
Throwing down penny cakes
and coming up roses...

Growing up is hard to do
When it's staring holes right into you
Busy changing plans and never telling you

Busy making plans for us
Left them here conveniently under this bus
In a suitcase full of retakes
And all your favourite poses and the mistakes,
Family ties to come undone
Are we past our best or is it yet to come?

Memories make you, and they break you down

The Queen with her Gilbert on
(Alone Again) with her favourite songs
She's getting the words all wrong
And nobody minds

King of the Castle's crown
Is safe as all houses falling down
Stuck in a northern town
Looking for exit signs

Growing up is hard to do
Staring from the mirror back at you
Busy making plans and never coming through

Memories make us, then they take us down