I hope you grow up, to be my Matilda

When you grow up
you'll be big enough to know what I've done
and see I taught you to be a grown
for you when you're grown up.

And when you grow up
You'll be smart enough to understand
all the reasons of those nasty things
I ask of you before you've grown up.

And when you grow up
you'll be allowed to make mistakes
but be responsible and work
and go to bed late every night.

And you will wake up
when the sun comes up and
hopefully with a family in house
go to work until your eyes go square.

And you won't complain because you are a grown up!

When you grow up!

When you grow up, When you grow up!

You will be strong enough to carry all
the heavy things the world throws at you
as it does when you're a grown-up!

And when you grow up, when you grow up!
You'll be brave enough to fight the batles
that you have to fight, with our support,
each night to be a grown-up!

 Based on the lyrics of "When I grow up" from Matilda the Musical