Paper Crown

It’s never enough
To play with your toys
You've got so much stuff 'cause
You take it from the other boys
And we really need to talk about
The way that you act with the girls
When their patience runs out
They might just crush your little world

Whatcha gonna be when you're all grown up
Little boy whatcha wanna do
Whatcha gonna be when you're all grown up
Well you always knew, yeah you always knew so

I'll make you a paper crown and you can be a king for a day
You can throw your weight around and we'll make everything go your way

For your friends, everything
For you enemies, the law
For yourself, anything you could ever want
For everybody else, nothing at all

Whatcha gonna take when you're all grown up
Whatcha gonna take, little boy
Whatcha gonna break when you're all grown up
Whatcha gonna destroy, what will you destroy now

I'll make you a paper crown and you can be a king for a day
You can tear the building down and punish all the people you hate
The ones you hate

(L'état, c'est moi, l'état, c'est moi, l'état, c'est moi)

I'll make you a paper crown and you can be a king for a day
But paper crowns can fall apart when paper kings get carried away

(L'état, c'est moi, l'état, c'est moi, l'état, c'est moi)

What you gonna be when you're all grown up

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