When I Grow up (to Be a Man) Lyrics

When I grow up to be a man Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did?
Will I joke around and still dig those soundsWhen I grow up to be a man?

Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
(fourteen fifteen)
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(sixteen seventeen)Now I'm young and free, but how will it be
When I grow up to be a man?Oooooo Ooooooo Oooooooo

Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
(eighteen nineteen)
When they're out having fun yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
(twenty twenty-one)Will I love my wife for the rest of my life
When I grow up to be a man?What will I be when I grow up to be a man?

(twenty-two twenty-three)Won't last forever(twenty-four twenty-five)
It's kind of sad(twenty-six twenty-seven)Won't last forever
(twenty-eight twenty-nine)It's kind of sad(thirty thirty-one)Won't
Last forever
(thirty-two . . .)