[Verse 1]
Some people are into the power of power
The absolute corrupting power that makes great men insane
While some people find their refreshment in action
The manipulation, encroachment, and destruction of their inferiors

[Chorus]
Growing up in public
Growing up in public
Growing up in public
Growing up in public
With your pants down

[Verse 2]
Some people are into their sadistic pleasures
They whet your desires and drool in your ears
They're quasi-effeminate characters in love with oral gratification
They edify your integrities so they can play on your fears

[Chorus]
And you're gonna do it in public
'Cause you're growing up in public
They're gonna do it to you in public
'Cause you're growing up in public
With your pants down
[Verse 3]
Some people think being a man is unmanly
Some people think that whole concept's a joke
But some people think being a man is the whole point
And then some people wish that they'd never awoke

[Verse 4]
Up from a dream of nightmarish proportions
Down to a size neither regal nor calm
A Prince Hamlet caught in the middle between reason and instinct
Caught in the middle with your pants down again

[Chorus]
Caught in the middle
I'm really caught in the middle
I'm caught in the middle
Caught in the middle, baby, deciding about you