Music Video

When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (Remastered)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Background Vocals
Mike Love
Mike Love
Background Vocals
Al Jardine
Al Jardine
Background Vocals
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
Background Vocals
Carrol Lewis
Carrol Lewis
Harmonica
Dennis Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Composer
Mike Love
Mike Love
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Producer
Mark Linett
Mark Linett
Mixing Engineer
Chuck Britz
Chuck Britz
Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
When I grow up to be a man
[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
Will I joke around? (Will I still joke around?)
And still dig those sounds? (Ooh, and still dig those sounds?)
When I grow up to be a man?
[Verse 3]
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)
[Verse 4]
Well, I'm young and free (Ooh, I'm young and free)
But how will it be? (Ooh, how will it be?)
[Chorus]
When I grow up to be a man?
[Verse 5]
Will my kids be proud or think their old man's really a square? (Eighteen, nineteen)
When they're out having fun, yeah, will I still wanna have my share? (Twenty, twenty-one)
[Verse 6]
Will I love my wife? (Ooh, I love my wife)
For the rest of my life? (Ooh, rest of my life)
[Chorus]
When I grow up to be a man?
[Bridge]
What will I be when I grow up to be a man?
[Outro]
(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, thirty-three
Written by: Brian Wilson, Mike Love
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