What do you wanna do when you grow up?
The teacher had asked me
Well, I'd like to sing for people
So their hearts feel a little less sad
I wanna see myself in thirty years
On a stage facing my crowd
To share love and all my pain
I was far from the brightest
I didn't get ten out of ten very often
My math teacher, Mr. Mèche-Vent
Says I'm just a fraud
That with life, with time
I'll probably end up on welfare
I close my eyes, I picture myself on stage with you
I've made myself promises
I wanna follow my star
The one my moons reveal to me
To bring my childhood dreams to life
My guidance counselor
Wants to steer me into construction
And when I talk to her about my songs she kindly tells me to stop
There's no future in it anyway, she says in a discouraging tone
You'd better keep both feet on the ground
And then when I get home
I hear my parents arguing
What are we gonna do with this boy?
Leave him alone, he's just a kid
Nobody pays attention
To what I really long for
I've forged a mindset no doubt can stop
I've made myself promises
I wanna follow my star
The one my moons reveal to me
To bring my childhood dreams to life
The more people tell me that
Or that I'm not like them
That I gotta do what's written in the books
But stubborn as I am, I just do what I want
I've made myself promises
I wanna follow my star
The one my moons reveal to me
To bring my childhood dreams to life