Escrita por
Brian Wilson e Mike Love, foi gravada nos dias 5 (instrumentos) e 10
de agosto (vocais) de 1964 e lançada pelos Beach Boys em 24 de
agosto de 1964 em um compacto que tinha She knows me too well no Lado
B. Chegou ao número 9 nos charts pop americanos, número 27 no Reino
Unido e número 1 no Canadá por duas semanas. Os vocais são
divididos entre Brian e Mike Love.
Carl Wilson
tocou guitarra solo e ritimica e fez backing vocals. Brian Wilson
tocou piano acústico, piano eletrico, vocais principais e também os
backing vocals. Al Jardine tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Dennis
Wilson tocou bateria, hi-hat, e fez backing vocals e Mike Love fez os
vocais principais e tambem backing vocals. Carroll Lewis tocou gaita.
A letra:
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 . . .)
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 . . .)
A versão original dos Beach Boys:
A versão dos Backstreet Boys:
Beach Boys ao vivo em 2012:
