Tough Little Boys

I never once backed down from a punch

Well, I'd take it square on the chin

Well, I found out fast a bully's just that

You got to stand up to him.



I didn't cry when I got a black eye

As bad as it hurt, I just grinned

But when tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again.



Scared me to death when you took your first steps

Well, I'd fall everytime you fell down

Your first day of school, I cried like a fool

And I followed your school bus to town.



Well, I didn't cry when ol' Yeller died

Least not in front of my friends

When tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again.



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Well, I'm a grown man but as strong as I am

Well, sometimes it's hard to believe

How one little girl with little blonde curls

Can totally terrify me.



If you were to ask my wife would just laugh

She'd say I know all about men,

How tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again.



Well, I know one day I'll give you away

And I'm goin' to stand there and smile.

When I get home and I'm all alone,

Well, I'll sit in your room for awhile.



Well, I didn't cry when ol' Yeller died

Least not in front of my friends

When tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again.



When tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again...