Tough Little Boys

Well 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've got to stand up to him

So 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

And I'd fall every time 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 Old Yeller died

At least not in front of my friends

But when tough little boys grow up to be dads

They turn into big babies again

Well I'm a grown man

And as strong as I am

Sometimes it's hard to believe

That 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 when 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 gonna stand there and smile

And when I get home, and I'm all alone

Well, I'll sit in your room for a while

Well I didn't cry when Old Yeller died

At least not in front of my friends

But 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.