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| The Beach Boys circa 1960's |
Growing up as
a young teenager, I listened to a lot of music of The Beach Boys. When others were listening to their Beatle or
Rolling Stone tunes, this middle-aged man preferred Beach Boy songs with their
unique vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of
surfing, cars and romance.
I remember
being in my bedroom listening to Beach Boy music on my little record player
while holding an album cover in hand looking at its front and back sides. I was on a first-name basis with Brian,
Dennis, Carl, Mike and Al.
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) is one Beach Boy song I fondly recall listening to over and over.
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) is one Beach Boy song I fondly recall listening to over and over.
I’m not sure I spent
much time actually allowing the lyrics to sink into my head of what my future
life would be like as a middle-aged man.
Now, looking in a mirror in search of my yesteryear youth, I have a real appreciation for this innocent time in my life when I didn’t reflectively ponder about the stuff I now do.
Now, looking in a mirror in search of my yesteryear youth, I have a real appreciation for this innocent time in my life when I didn’t reflectively ponder about the stuff I now do.
Enjoy this
classic song’s lyrics below:
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
(Will I still joke around and still dig those sounds?)
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
(Will I still 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
(I'm young and free, how will it be?)
When I grow up to be a man?
(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
(I'm young and free, how will it be?)
When I grow up to be a man?
Ooh, ooh, ooh
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
(Will I love my wife rest of my life)
When I grow up to be a man?
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
(Will I love my wife 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)
(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)
Life was simple and innocent in those days when I didn’t give much thought about when I grow up to be a middle-aged man.
Pax
Domini sit semper vobiscum
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