When You Become a Man Matt Monro

When you become a man
The world is eager to tell you so
Although those days of climbing trees and ABCs don’t seem so long ago

Swing, swing up to the sky
Mind the sun don’t get in your eye
Wash your hands
It’s time for bed
Shoot
The bad man
Bang
He’s dead

When you become a man
You're just a boy who wants bigger toys
Your toys are things like pretty girls with teeth like pearls
Instead of toy cowboys

Get up
Daddy, play with the ball
Please may I walk on the wall
Let me jump I know that I can
But when will I become a man?

But when you're a man you must fight for success
It doеsn’t come easy
You’ll have to confеss
You’ll ask yourself why
What is it all for?
Until you fall in love
Then you’ll find even more