Lyrics When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) [2008 Stereo Mix] - The Beach Boys

When I grow up to be a man
Will I dig the same things
That turned 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
(You will still joke around)
And still take both sides
(You will still take the sides)
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)

Well I'm young and free
(I'm young and free)
But how will it be
(How will it be)
When I grow up to be a man?

Will my kids be proud
Or think their old man's 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
(I love my wife)
For the rest of my life
(Rest of my life)
(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, thirty-three
(Won't last forever)
Thirty-four, thirty-five