WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN)
The Beach Boys


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 sounds 
When 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 . . .)