(Wow wow) You know I'm almost grown (wow wow)
Yeah 'n' I'm doin' all right in school
They ain't said I broke no rule
I ain't never been in Dutch
I don't browse around too much

Don't bother me, leave me alone
Anyway I'm almost grown

I don't run around with no mob
Got myself a little job
I'm gonna buy me a little car
Drive my girl in the park

Don't bother just leave us alone
Anyway we're almost grown

Got my eye on a little girl
Ah, she's really out of this world
When I take her to the dance
She's got to talk about romance

Don't bother just leave us alone
Anyway we're almost grown

You know I'm still livin' in town
But I done married and settled down
Now I really have a ball
So I don't browse around at all

Don't bother just leave us alone
Anyway we're almost grown

Lyrics © ENTERTAINMENT ONE U.S. LP
Written by: Chuck Berry

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木倉谷哲也

2y↑3

Lyrics:

(Wow wow)
You know I’m almost grown
(Wow Wow)
Yeah ‘n’ I’m doing all right in school
They ain’t said I broke no rule
I ain’t never been in Dutch
I don’t carouse around too much
Don’t bother me, leave me alone
Anyway I’m almost grown

I don’t run around with no mob
Got myself a little job
I’m going to buy me a little car
Drive my girl in the park
Don’t bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we’re almost grown

Got my eye on a little girl
Ah, she’s really out of this world
Now I take her to a dance
We started talkin’ about romance
Don’t bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we’re almost grown

You know I’m still livin’ in town
But I done married and settle down
Now I really have a ball
So I don’t browse around at all
Don’t bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we’re almost grown

n00se

26w

You know I'm almost grown

Yeah and I'm doing all right in school
They ain't said I broke no rule
I ain't never been in Dutch
I don't carouse around too much
Don't bother me, leave me alone
Anyway I'm almost grown

I don't run around with no mob
Got myself a little job
I'm going to buy me a little car
Drive my girl in the park
Don't bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown

Got my eye on a little girl
Ah, she's really out of this world
Now I take her to a dance
We started talkin' about romance
Don't bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown

You know I'm still living in town
But I done married and settled down
Now I really have a ball
So I don't browse around at all
Don't bother us, leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown

All comments from YouTube:

Roseconmats Watson

46w↑4

I love Elvis….but the king of Rock and Roll is Mr. Chuck Berry!!! Great song!

Joe Palooka

2y↑29

John Lennon said it best: "If they ever changed the name of rock and roll, they'd have to call it Chuck Berry". He really was The Greatest.

Sooz

23w↑2

I remember the first time I heard this on the radio... it was like liquid energy. My parents loved to dance and I can't count the number of times this song was played in our living room.
Soundtrack of my youth 🎼 🖤

DRock6906

6y↑84

R.I.P. Mr. Berry.... Passed away today March 18, 2017 at the age of 90. You left behind a catalog of great Rock And Roll Music that will live on forever. You will be missed.

Harley Moore

2y↑5

Aye Chuck's records are on a record in space so it'll always be there

#RockNRollWillNeverDie

SS Swaery

4y↑4

damm

carl de meutter

4y↑4

fuckin' aai man

allaboard70

7y↑22

One of the best songs from "American Graffiti" <3

Taylor George

9y↑51

THE ABSOLUTE VERY FIRST ROCK GUITAR GOD!!!!

Beto54

14w

Only one chuck berry. Never will be another

Alessandro Spiliotopulos

43w

all three are huge legends, Haley, Berry and Perkins, no need to argue.

Steveo Gregg

No doubt

Spedia

Sister Rosetta Tharpe?

Alan Young

5y↑1

Carl Perkins was a better guitar player and just as good writer.

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Handsome Package

6y↑10

One of my favorite Chuck Berry songs. RIP Chuck Berry

John Moonitz

6y↑7

Can't get enough of this song!!! Perfection!!! RIP Chuck . . . you have left us with many treasures that will stand the test of time

Nick Madness

2y↑2

Damn I dig this song! — Forgotten Top-40 hit, peaked at #32 in the Spring of 1959.
Just a perfect single in every way. — Thanks for the upload. 👍

Donald Morrow

6y↑1

I first heard this one on his "Greatest Hits" album. I didn't know it then, but Chuck Berry was telling the story of my life (and I was just in my late teens at the time). He had this effect on me even then. God, Mr. Berry, I miss you already.

Eric Hancock

3y↑1

Chuck Berry...truly timeless.

Art Donovan

4y↑2

The absolute essence of Rock & Roll. The ORIGINAL invention of the genre. GOD Bless Mr. Berry.

xtreme1982641

3y↑3

🎸 The true King of Rock N' Roll 🎸

R.I.P. Chuck

rosebud7158

11y

85 and still going strong--god bless the Chuckster!!

Gotti Aristo

4y↑15

The REAL KING of Rock n Roll.

Brian Herrington

6y↑8

RIP The Father of Rock n Roll The Great Chuck Berry!!!!

J Talker

6y↑8

Love this song

Bea Awesome

12y↑3

God I use to wish I could play like him!

Chief Pontiac

3y↑1

The ONLY artist who has a record in interstellar space! MR. Barry, you were always one of my favorites. RIP Boss!

sauquoit13456

10y↑1

On this day in 1959 {February 17th} Chuck Berry recorded "Almost Grown" in Chicago... One month later on March 30th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #32 and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #3 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart... Back-up singers on the record included Etta James and the New Moonglows {one of the New Moonglows was Marvin Gay before he added the letter 'E'}... The B-side, "Little Queenie", also charted, it reached #80 on the Top 100

la mellas Jiminian

5y↑2

a true classic

木倉谷哲也

2y↑3

curtis grupe

love this song by a great rock n roll legend

Rusty Walker

2y↑3

Thank you for posting this American jewel!! 🇺🇸❤️

Andre Berbie

10y

The king of the king. Thank you very much,Sir Chuck Berry.

seywhut2985

6y↑2

Takes me right back to Opryland and running the roller coaster. Best job I ever had. They played the American Graffiti soundtrack on a continuous loop.

Thomas Anderson

11y

this man got it all started; listen, just listen to these lyrics; a superman of rockabilly and roll!!

Patricia Kehaya

4y↑2

Love it

babsinjrzy

9y↑15

backup singers included Marvin Gaye & Etta James. Love this. don't care for everything old physicall graffit...other than that, thanks for uploading this.

Dead Grandma

*American Graffiti. Physical Graffiti is an amazing Led Zeppelin album

mws755

6y↑6

RIP Chuck ...keep rockin in Heaven !

Kathy Marks

5y↑9

Coolest tune ever!

Jenna R

2y↑10

I LOVE HOME ALONE 3 SO MUCH

TehJew22

25w↑1

That's when I first heard it 😅

Rogier De graaf

40w

I love the lyrics and the way it "Rock and rolls"

therebinthe

12y↑2

I LOOOOOOOVE this song, and I'm 19!

F.M.R. 143

Why do people say "and I'm...". Who cares about your age.

Parker Johnston

6y↑4

Rip chuck. you will always be missed.

Darryl Evans

One of the best from the late and great Chuck Berry the founding father of rock n roll still play this on my internet radio show Classic Soul me the Masterblaster.

Luciano Osorio

49w

This song is perfect when you are getting near to your 18th birthday and you are almost a young adult.

Joshua Wood

9y↑1

love this tune

Andrea Patane

2y↑1

I added this song from Chuck Berry into a playlist I made on both iTunes and Spotify which are both called, "Rock 'n Roll dance party." What do you 🤔? 👍🏻 if you agree with my comment.

Stephen Carrigg

I keep finding more and more of the Father's songs each week!

Drenda Lawton

5y↑3

I grew up with the great Chuck Berry...I was Sweet Little 16....

Open Your Ears, Open Your Mind

5y↑4

This is my favorite song from him. It's a shame most of them sound so similar. You sort of have to pick your favorites of the clones.

Patrik Uosukainen

I couldn't have worded this better

Jeffrey Hickman

2y↑1

Great outro to this song!! Perfect!! 2:16 "Die-away"!!

Gwen Ever

6y↑1

without Chuck Berry, rock 'n ' roll would not have existed. he's now at heavens gate demanding his fee in advance before he plays for the angels Rock In Peace dude!

Sands of time

7y↑48

1962 , fourteen years old and having a ball !

Patrick Lanny

5y↑7

58 and wishing I wasn't

Serene Amani

6y↑6

11 & wishing I was grown.

Roger Huff

7y↑10

+Sands of time thats the year i got married her name is caroline we just celebrated our 53rd anniversery

freeguy77

6y↑4

Love how Cindy Williams and Ron Howard looked together at 2:12. What a bitchin' movie (as 'Debbie Dunham', brilliantly played by Candy Clark) would have said it! That soundtrack couldn't be beat for those who love doo-wop and classic rock before The Beatles and the British Invasion. "Almost Grown" hit #32 on the Hot 100, and #3 on the R&B charts.

freeguy77

2y↑1

@Own Petard Haha! I would have tried to do whatever to be with her, too! Can you believe she will be 73 (on Aug. 22, 2020)?

Own Petard

I would have sold insurance too if I could be with Cindy Williams

MrGotsquashed

11y

My love for this music was preceded by my love for classic cars. What's cruzzin' in a '59 Impala with no golden oldies??!

BigWheelHawaii

12y

What a Great Talent, Great Entertainer, history setting, trend setter, that for sure,,,,

midnight rider

6y↑19

kind of an overlooked Chuck Berry song. underated, but great song!

Corky341

2y↑1

Agreed. My 2nd fav CB song after 'Nadine'. Also a somewhat over looked Chuck masterpiece.

midnight rider

3y↑1

@Toni Sumblin: it's never too late to start having fun, c'mon, rock and roll!

Egbert Souce

5y↑1

These days, this one remains at the top of the heap. Most of his other hits get overplayed and worn out for just that reason. But this tune was somewhat overlooked and under-appreciated, except by the genius (George Lucas?) who had the inspiration to include it in the soundtrack of American Graffiti. That move gave eternal greatness to a diamond in the rough. R.I.P. Chuck Berry

midnight rider

+loverofmusic4life hard to believe but i THINK his only #1 song was "ding a ling". ironic. that was one of my least favorite CB songs. oh well, HAIL, HAIL ROCK & ROLL! (even tho they don't make it anymore)

loverofmusic4life

6y↑1

+Bobba Ganoosh No doubt.Chucks career lasted for such a long time it's hard to say which songs were underated.Being a CB fan I loved them all!!

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AssinnippiJack

The soundtrack from the film American Graffiti. My first rock and roll album. 1973.

Nate Burrows

Fuckin' amazing!

Soulman

That´s music...great music...!!!

shane henning

11y↑2

great song

F.M.R. 143

Such a funny song. Love the whole American Graffiti soundtrack. Some creep stole my CD's of it. Karma may have bit him in the rear.

gregshell

11y

goosebumps. doesn't happen very often.

dannygunsix

The very best in Rock and Roll...

elmer zu

12y

There are about 6 Chuck Berry songs that I'm familiar with and this is # 7, ha. The reason I say that is because I didn't hear this one but maybe once or twice. "No Particular Place to Go" & "You Never Can Tell", I heard more often. Anthony Boy is my Favorite by Chuck. It's too bad they don't have one radio set aside for a doowop weekend, where everything they play is from those early yrears of R&R prior to the English Invasion. That means we'd hear alot of Ricky, Bobby & Chucky.

n00se

26w

Trude Westlin

Ida älskar den här låten!!! RIP Chuck Berry

Jorge Mario Rodas

This is precisely what we feel when we are sixteen although I was thirteen when this song was released. I remember it is frustrating in some ways to feel one is almost an adult but not quite yet. You want to act like a man and sometimes still do childish things making girls laugh at you.

Justin Daniel Dunn

8y↑41

I love how George Lucas did this movie before Star Wars,

Randy White

2y↑1

RideMyTruck absolutely not leave the classics alone

David Trevino

Justin Daniel Do YOU Really???

Not Chuck Productions

Justin Daniel Yah, this movie was made becuse he lost a bet with Francis Ford Coppola and becuse Lucas lost the bet he had to write is sentimtal mushy movie

Not Chuck Productions

5y↑1

RideMyTruck univseral still owns distribution rights to American graffiti though I’d assume Disney gets a check in mail every once in while from American graffiti and THX 1138 as I think Disney got the production rights

RideMyTruck

7y↑5

@Justin Daniel Dunn yeah, Disney owns it now. They should do a remake or a prequel.

Eriberto Nunez

10y↑5

I SAID IT ONCE!!!!!! THE FOUNDING FATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!! NO ONE BETTER!!!!!

ffdztdr

That's nice to hear. congrats, I hope for nothing but happiness as long as you both shall live. I'm 19 and I like the oldies music, 50's and 60's. I'm in love with a girl from Germany she was an exchange student here, she went back to Germany a year ago, and won't be back until next year in the Summer, but I'm hoping and praying that it works out between her and I. She's the sweetest girl that I ever met, she's s girly girl and mature, I don't know exactly I fell in love with her but...

sauquoit13456

10y↑1

On this day in 1959 {March 5th} Chuck Berry performed "Almost Grown" on the late Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'... R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929 - 2012} and Mr. Berry celebrated his 86th birthday this past October 18th... {See the 5th post below}

Rob Jones

6y↑2

Chuck Berry RIP.

Recall bopping to this brilliant track, many years ago.
He made some wonderful records. At the height of his powers, he was unbeatable.
This was my own personal favourite.

Patricia Kehaya

3y↑1

Woo woo love it

Stokjockey

11y

Can Chuck Play Guitar or What ?? Love Mr. Berry !!!

PM Conspiracy

1y↑1

Nice! I remember this from home alone 3

eriberto nunez

6y↑2

REST IN PEACE SO SAD TO HEAR OF HIS PASSING TO ME HE IS THE FOUNDING FATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL GREW UP IN THE 60S WAS A TEEN HE GOT ME INTO ROCK AND ROLL ONLY MUSIC THAT I LISTEN TO TODAY IM A ROCKER BECAUSE OF HIM LOVE ROCK AND ROLL

Mike McNamara

9y↑2

The best Rock lyricist EVER!

k

2y↑1

Soooooo cooooool

ffdztdr

9y↑1

I thinkI will keep working towards this one, because I really love her.

Luciano Osorio

49w

Rip Chuck Berry and the backup singers(Marvin Gaye and Etta James)

lindsey lefrois

12y

@y00sta - Yes, do agree also. I think of Elvis as the "personification" of rock & roll because he was such a great stage presence in the early years and of course had a great voice and vocal style. Chuck was the #1 "architect" of rock & roll, along with some major help (as I said) from Little Richard and Fats Domino.

Musicellaneous

Fantastic video!! :)

Luis Enrique QM

12y

great!!!!

Jesse Collyer

2y↑1

My best guess is that the backing vocals say “night and day”. Sounds just like the “night and day” backing vocals for the song “Night Time Is The Right Time”, The Animals version at least. The Animals were hugely inspired by Chuck Berry :)

midnight rider

2y↑3

All the true rock & rollers were inspired by the great chuck berry.

Tom Smith

8y↑1

There was no "First" Rock 'n' Roll record. It was an evolution of R&B and Country and Pop (Les Paul, Johnny Ray among others). Rock 'n' Roll was technology driven also. The introduction of the 45 rpm record, the invention of the transistor (made music portable), and the proliferation of Jukeboxes in places teenagers hung out after school pushed the new music forward.

Own Petard

Cindy William's left profile - 0:07 and 2:00 - reveals what we called a "tough" girl. Just gorgeous, and so sweet. Perfectly cast for her role. She should have had a better career. Not the clearest images, but fun ones if you liked the film.

shelly gray

11y↑1

love this song 2

Eriberto Nunez

chuck[founding father of rock and roll] berry the true king of randr

Tom Cat Lyons

6y↑5

Chuck Berry Iz da MAN!

Rael99

6y↑1

Godfather of rock and roll along with Les Paul who invented the electric guitar and Alan Freed who despite fierce criticism pushed the up and coming new bands over the airways ! Would have been great being a teenager back in the mid fifties in America !

elmer zu

11y

This is Chuck Berry alright!, I'd know him for his voice & style anyday..he's no Fats. It has always been a toss up with me as to which of the two was the bigger Top 40 artist, but one thing I know for sure is that it wasn't Little Richard. Rick Nelson believe it or not had a larger number of hits back when & yet the media/music industry said nothing as they stopped at Elvis as the King of R&R. He stilll is King when you think of all those movies he starred in besides Top 40 hits. Thx

ffdztdr

It's like she's perfect, and I said her cards in Germany for Valentine's Day and her Birthday, and when she's here get chocolates and flowers and go places she wants to go even if I don't like that place, just for her, and my heart melts like chocolate. and I love her manorisms and her smile and the way she talks and her voice too. I've never been in-love before, She's also the type that takes things slow, and I love that about her too, but see I made a mistake and waited last minute right...

Barry Ellis

4y↑4

Some beautiful piano from J.J

Marco Piaggesi

tasty piano licks behind the guitar , like in almost every Berry's song of the fifties...

Roman Darien

4y↑3

Ah-h, Chuck...you gotta wait till she IS grown!

Grace Slade

3y↑7

Your brother's bug your brother's bug careful careful 😂

isemustaphe

3y↑2

Bullseye!

James Anderson

What Buddy Holly was playing at the time was called "Rock-A-Billy" later called Rock-in-Roll. So who do the music historians credit with having recorded the first song to be labeled under the rock-in-roll genre? One camp claims Ike Turners "Rocket 88" was the first rock-in-roll song. Others said it is Fats Domino with his song "The Fat Man" Because of the phenomenal success and influence of Fats Domino - plus his music had staying power - that honor goes to "The Fatman" :) Antoine "Fats" Domino.

DRock6906

10y

Your welcome! I'm not for sure cause it's been forever and a day since I saw this movie but I think this song was being played while the little "Home Alone" kid was getting dressed or playing around in his room or taking a bath or something.

Heet Dave

I'm fro india & I've heard this i Home Alone! Can't stop vibing!

PAVN

12y

No, Marty Mcfly invented rock 'n roll, apparently.

Spooky Rascon

10y

No one simply "invented" Rock n' Roll, that's hogwash. It developed over a span of 20 some years from pioneering R&B artists. Some of the first rock songs were in the 30s-40s. Pioneering RnR artists were Goree Carter, Jimmy Preston, and Arthur Crudup just to name a few.

Speirslol

Buddy Holly and the crickets was the founder of modern Rock 'n' roll.

danny b.

10y↑1

very honorable mentions: buddy holly, bill haley, elvis presley, jerry lee lewis & bo diddley

TheOnlyOneKingElvis

9y↑11

If Chuck had liked em full grown he would have spent less time in the big house

Egbert Souce

6y↑1

HH69: Ask Jerry Lee Lewis---on second thought, maybe not the best one to ask !! In Chuck's case, probably a few years older than Sweet Little Fourteen ????

Egbert Souce

6y↑1

TheOnlyOneKingElvis: Apparently, he spent considerable "quality time" in the ladies outhouse, (after a stretch in the big house) with his hidden cameras rolling. Doesn't make him a "bad person" or anything; but who am I to judge??? R.I.P. Chuck

Jay William

4y↑2

RIP Chuck Berry, you were one of the last men standing, it’s a shame you guys are dropping like flies now, as we just lost Fats Domino as well.

Roger Huff

chuck is the man had a hit on anything he did

Stephen Carrigg

Understatement of the year.

Roger Huff

+Roger Huff amen and plays the hell on that guitar

ffdztdr

it suprised me, I know what month it was in that I fell in-love with her, but not the specific day, June of 2012. I never use to cry until I fell in-love, and I'm old fasioned in all ways, when it comes to dating I open up doors and treat that one special person like a princess and I want to marry her one day and I will take care of her when she's sick and comfort her if she cries, and I think she's the most beautiful girl in the world, it sedms like nobody looks better looking than her...