Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed   She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged   Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home   Oh ricky wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Ricky wants a man of her own      Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore   She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door   She's got her own bathroom, tv, stereo, extension phone   Oh but mama, ricky wants a man of her she wants a man of her   Ricky wants a man of her own      Well daddy says when he drops her off friday night at the gym   She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him   She don't do no work, she don't tell nobody when she's coming home   She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone      She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show   She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go   Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow   I guess ricky wants a man of her own      Well my folks say "son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"   Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do   Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight, "well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"   Oh but daddy, ricky wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Ricky wants a man of her own   She's almost grown   Ricky wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Ricky wants a man of her own