Well I never once, backed down from a punch   Well I'd take it square on the chin   And I found out fast a bully's just that   And 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 be babies again      Scared me to death, when you took your first steps   Well I'd fall every time you fell down   And 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 be babies again      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 blond curls   Can totally terrify me      If you were to ask my wife would just laugh   She'd say, "I know all about men"   And how tough little boys grow up to be dads   They turn into be babies again      Well I know one day I'll give you away   And I'm gonna stand there and smile   But 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 be babies again   When tough little boys grow up to be dads   They turn into be babies again