Lyrics:

Evan (spoken)
I'm Evan Goldman
I live at 224 West 92nd street, in the heart of Manhattan
And my life just went to hell!

sung:
Picture me,
Just another cool kid in NYC
Near the park and the met
Life is sweet, Yankies and the Bronx
Pretzels on the street, just how good can it get?

Who'd have guessed
Dad would meet a stewardess?
Mom's depressed and her lawyers are mean
Now I'm stressed
Life is a disaster

And I'm crackin' from the strain, goin' totally insane
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn, just about to turn

All
13!

Evan
Everything switches! (13!)
Everything turns around! (13!)
End up in stitches! (13!)
Hide away, underground! (13!)

Can I get through it? (13!)
Life has changed over night (13!)
How do I do it? (13!)
Nothing is going right! (13!)

All
The best, and the worst, and the most, and the least
And I'm crazy, and I'm staring, and I'm standing on the edge!

Evan
Twelve-years-old
Everything that used to be good ast school starts to crumble and crack
Pressure mounts, once it was a joke, now it really counts and there's no turning back
Life goes wrong; suddenly they're yelling

Boy
'Cause your hair's too long

Girl
Or your room isn't clean!

All
Roll along, every conversation is another lost cause
Or a list of my flaws
And I'm just about to turn, just about to turn

All
God I'm gonna turn 13!

Boy
I want a dirtbike! (13!)

Girl
I wanna kill my mom! (13!)

Boy
I wanna moustache! (13!)

Girl
I wanna Wonderbra! (13!)

All
When do I get it? 13!
All of the grown up stuff? 13!
How do I make it? 13!
When am I old enough?

Why is the world feeling suddenly stranger?
Why are my friends acting totally weird?
Why do I feel like my life is in danger?
Why do I feel like my brain's disappeared?

Girl
How can I get through a year of Spanish?

Boy
How can I not look dumb in track?

Boy
How can I gain 20 pounds by Friday?

Boy
How can I make my voice not crack?

All
I wanna fly, wanna run, wanna drive
Wanna get rich, wanna get drunk, wanna get out
Wanna get my braces off, wanna get my nose pierced
Wanna grow my hair long but all I keep hearing is:
'No you're not ready, no it's not time yet
No it's not right now, wait until you're older
No you're not ready, no it's not time yet
No it's not right now, wait until you're older
No you're not ready, no it's not time yet
No it's not right now, wait until you're older'

'Homework'
'Laundry'
'Dishes'
'Courses'
Just settle down and hold your horses!

Evan
In the middle of this city
In the middle of this street
There's the sound of something crumbling from underneath my feet
In the middle of the sidewalk, outside PS 84
I hear a roar
I can't ignore
I hear 'Evan, it's not your fault.'
I hear 'Evan, can't you see?'
I hear 'Evan, do you want to go and live with Mom or stay with me?'
I hear 'Kid, I'm not angry.'
I hear 'Buddy, you know best.'
And there's the rumbling getting louder
But there's one day in October when the pieces all will fit
When they have to be together and pretend they didn't quit
I've got one day in October and I know it's got to be the perfect party

I'm becoming a man
I don't know what a man really means
The rulebook grows
But no one knows what all the rules allow
I'm becoming a man
No one tells all the scared in-betweens just how we should
Be strong, be good
With so much pressure now
One day it gets better
One day it makes sense
One day I'll stop talking in the friggin' future tense
One day in October, it'll all be great
And I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait

All
I can't wait to come to your party
I can't wait to come to your party
I can't wait to come to your party
I can't wait to come to your party
I can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait! Can't wait!
Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!
For 13!

Something is coming! (13!)
Something is going on! (13!)
Something is coming! (13!)
Somebody's growing up! (13!)

The best and the worst and the most and the least
And I'm crazy, and I'm staring and I'm just about to turn
13!