Sofia2017 planning asked about this song from the Peter Pan musical, so enjoy your request, which doubles as your birthday present! I thought it would be fun if, as another way to have fun with the elves in The Elf Situation, James starts singing this to help the elves relax and have more fun, since that's how he, Sofia, and Amber figured out how to stop Queen Elfabelle and Queen Arielf from arguing, since James is right; sometimes it is better to act like a kid rather than a grown-up (and of course the fact that music makes everything better!). Peter Pan the Musical is not mine.
James: Are you ready for today's lesson?
Sofia and Amber: Yes, James!
Queen Elfabelle: This should be interesting.
Queen Arielf: Indeed...
James: Listen to your teacher. Repeat after me:
I won't grow up
Sofia: I won't grow up
James: I don't want to go to school.
Amber: I don't want to go to school
James: Just to learn to be a parrot,
Sofia: Just to learn to be a parrot
James: And recite a silly rule.
Amber: And recite a silly rule
James: If growing up means
It would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me!
Amber: Not I
Sofia: Not me!
James: Not me!
I won't grow up
Amber: I won't grow up
James: I don't want to wear a tie.
Sofia: Why would I want to wear a tie?
James: And a serious expression
Amber: And a serious expression
James: In the middle of July.
Sofia: In the middle of July
James (putting his arms around Queen Elfabelle and Queen Arielf): And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me
Queen Arielf (gently shrugging him off but getting into the song): Not I
Queen Elfabelle (moving away from him as she also gets into the song): Not me!
James: So there!
Never gonna be a man,
Sofia/Amber/Queen Arielf/Queen Elfabelle: We're girls!
James: Like to see somebody try
And make me.
Anyone who wants to try
And make me turn into a man,
Catch me if you can.
I won't grow up.
Sofia: Not a penny will I pinch.
James: I will never grow a mustache,
Amber: Or a fraction of an inch.
James: 'Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were.
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up,
No sir
Queen Arielf and Amber: Not I
Queen Elfabelle and Sofia: Not me
James: So there!
I won't grow up!
Amber: I won't grow up
James: I will never even try
Sofia: I will never even try
James: I will do just what James tells me
Amber: You want to bet?
James: And I'll never ask him why
Amber: Are you sure about that?
James: Yes!
We won't grow up!
Sofia: We won't grow up
James: We will never grow a day
Amber: We will never grow a day
James: And if someone tries to make it
Sofia: And if someone tries to make it
James: We will simply run away
Amber: We will simply run away
James: I won't grow up!
Sofia: I won't grow up
James: No, I promise that I won't
Amber: No, I promise that I won't
James: I will stay a boy forever
Sofia/Amber/Queen Elfabelle/Queen Arielf: We will stay a girl forever
James: And be banished if I don't!
Amber: And be banished if I don't
James: And Enchancia will always be
The home of youth and joy
And loyalty
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me!
Queen Arielf and Queen Elfabelle: Not me!
Sofia: Not me!
James: Not me!
Amber: No sir!
Amber/James/Sofia/Queen Arielf/Queen Elfabelle: Not me!
