Little Boy, Be a Man

It's the way of the world, Carl. Our fathers screw us up, we turn around, do the same thing to our kids. Eternal cycle

Until somebody breaks it, hm

"Little boy, be a man"

Yeah, that was Pop's only plan

He never kissed me

Or sang "Baby Mine"

(spoken)

Sure, I'd have loved a hug

(sung)

But hey, I came out just fine

And if I ever would cry

He'd smack the tear from out my eye

He told me "Grow up, kid

You're no Peter Pan

Little boy, be a man"

But, you wanna do your kid better. Right?

You got any kids, Carl?

I do not

Then what the hell do you know about it... I suppose your father was a prince

Yep. Of darkness. [laugh]

(singing)

Little man, grow some balls

Oh, he did not

He did too, every single morning

(singing)

That motto rang

Throughout the halls

(spoken)

True story:

(singing)

On my tenth birthday

He showed me a gun

Yeah?

Then took me to the cornfields

And said, "Okay, run."

His sense of humor was lame

Like father, like son

Hey!

(singing)

Lucky for me, so was his aim!

If he had sewn some needlepoint

That hung on the walls

It would've said "Little man

Grow some balls"

Ballgames that he missed

Nights he came home pissed

Well, I don't think about

That any longer

No one in the bleachers

Fistfights with my teachers

I'm living proof

What doesn't kill ya

Makes ya' stronger

So what do you say we set the kid straight? Huh, Frank?

Hey, the kid's doing great, he's doing fine!

You sure about that?

Oh, you gotta let go, Carl. You can't hang on forever

(singing)

Little man, little me

They come with no warranty

I tried to fix it

But who would've guessed

It's hard to say, but father

Doesn't always know best

That is the truth

So Carl, when you have a kid

My ex said heaven forbid...

Do as I say, not as I did

Like dad after dad

After dad after dad

Since the whole mess began

You do the best that you can

"Little boy, be a man"