Lyrics

Richman There aren't any ladies present here in this room, are there? So it's just us gentlemen, isn't it? You know, I won't try to please her, I can't try to appease her Yes, I can't Even if this means that I won't be a man who sees her Yes You know, she can go if she wants to go, she can run if she wants to run But that's okay, cause I believe in everything I have done And this way she gonna--someday she's gonna respect me She'll say, "Jonathan, what you thinking'?" and I tell her everything Even if sometimes I'm scared to tell her, and I know it's gonna sting If that's too much for her, and she turns cold as ice That's okay, I believe in tellin' the truth, and I'm willing to pay the price And she gonna--she's gonna respect me See, I'm a man, not a boy, I can't worry what she gonna think about me I'm a man now, and not a boy, and I can't worry what she'll do or think about me Well, she can go if she wants to go, but I got to do the things that I believe Hi-o Hi-o Silver Hi-o Hi-o Silver Hi-o Hi-o Silver She gonna-she's gonna respect me Look, sometimes we bound to argue, sometimes we bound to fight I don't want her tryin' to agree with me when I know she must still think she's right I don't like that She can't lean on me, she's gotta think for herself Well, if leavin' me's better, that's good, if she thinks that'll help I want her to grow up, you know And this way she's gonna--she's gonna--she's gonna respect me And that's what I want