Put me in a place and bounce me on your knee
And you treat me like a sailor and send me out to sea
Rock me in my bassinet and call me turtle dove
And turning out the lights you take away your love
You take me to expensive stores and buy me fancy clothes
And picnics in the park so everybody knows
That I'm yours and yours only
And you scare away my friends
But you're my lover not my mother
And I don't want to pretend
When we go for dinner you're cutting up my steak
You're feeding me my meat like it's some kind of bait
Well I'm tired of being mothered and it's time to make a stand
I don't want to be your baby I want to be your man
You treat me like an only child
Well I don't understand
You treat me like an only child
When I want to be your man
You're always playing teacher and I'm the teacher's pet
Well you're teaching me a lesson that I never will forget
You didn't notice that I'm growing I can stand up on my own
Let me be the man I am and take you to the danger zone
You treat me like an only child
Well I don't understand
You treat me like an only child
When I want to be your man
When I want to be your man
You're always playing teacher and I'm the teacher's pet
Well you're teaching me a lesson that I never will forget
You didn't notice that I'm growing I can stand up on my own
Let me be the man I am and take you to the danger zone
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child
You treat me like an only child