Little Boy, Be A Man

Little Boy, Be A Man Lyrics

Song Little Boy, Be A Man
Artist Various Artists
Album Catch Me If You Can (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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[00:01.659] It's way of the world, Carl.
[00:03.122] Our fathers screw us up, we turn around and do the same thing to our kids.
[00:06.387] The eternal cycle.
[00:08.738] Until someone breaks it.
[00:12.160] Little boy, be a man
[00:17.228] That was pop's only plan
[00:21.799] He never kissed me
[00:23.915] Or sang "Baby mine"
[00:27.076] Sure, I'd have loved a hug
[00:28.748] But hey, I came out just fine
[00:32.405] And if I ever would cry
[00:37.603] He'd smack the tear from out my eye
[00:42.958] He told me "Grow up, kid, You're no Peter Pan
[00:48.235] Little boy, be a man"
[00:52.388] But you want to do your kid better, right?
[00:54.896] You got any kids, Carl?
[00:56.124] I do not.
[00:56.829] Then what the hell do you know about it?
[00:59.233] I suppose your father was a prince.
[01:01.166] Yeah. Of darkness.
[01:03.308] Hah!
[01:04.353] Little man, grow some balls
[01:06.495] Oh, he did not.
[01:07.487] He did, too. Every single morning.
[01:08.976] That motto rang throughout the halls
[01:13.365] True story.
[01:14.566] On my tenth birthday he showed me a gun
[01:18.694] Then took me to the cornfliefds
[01:21.776] And said "Okay ... run!"
[01:24.833] His sense of humor was lame
[01:27.575] Like father, like son.
[01:30.292] Lucky for me, so was his aim
[01:35.073] If he had sewn some needlepoint
[01:37.842] That hung on the walls
[01:39.722] It woulda said "Little man, grow some balls"
[01:45.626] Ballgames that he missed
[01:48.238] Nights he came home pissed
[01:50.877] Well I don't think about that any longer
[01:56.127] No one in the bleachers
[01:58.740] Fistfights with my teachers
[02:01.378] I'm living proof what doesn't kill ya
[02:04.042] Makes ya stronger!
[02:07.543] So what do you say we set the kid straight, huh Frank?
[02:10.416] Hey, the kid's doin' great, he's doin' fine.
[02:12.663] You're sure about that?
[02:14.152] Aw, you gotta let go, Carl.
[02:16.085] You can't hang on forever.
[02:20.917] Little man, little me
[02:26.403] They come with no warranty
[02:31.811] I tried to fix it
[02:34.710] But who would've guessed
[02:36.643] It's hard to say but father doesn't always know best
[02:41.267] That is the truth
[02:42.730] So Carl, when you have a kid
[02:45.812] My ex said heaven forbid
[02:48.268] Do as I say, not as I did
[02:53.231] Like dad after dad after dad after dad
[02:55.895] Since the whole mess began
[02:59.866] You do the best that you can
[03:06.553] Little boy, be a man
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