Put me in a place and bounce me on your kneeAnd you treat me like a sailor and send me out to seaRock me in my bassinet and call me turtle doveAnd turning out the lights you take away your loveYou take me to expensive stores and buy me fancy clothesAnd picnics in the park so everybody knowsThat I'm yours and yours onlyAnd you scare away my friendsBut you're my lover not my motherAnd I don't want to pretendWhen we go for dinner you're cutting up my steakYou're feeding me my meat like it's some kind of baitWell I'm tired of being mothered and it's time to make a standI don't want to be your baby I want to be your manYou treat me like an only childWell I don't understandYou treat me like an only childWhen I want to be your manYou're always playing teacher and I'm the teacher's petWell you're teaching me a lesson that I never will forgetYou didn't notice that I'm growing I can stand up on my ownLet me be the man I am and take you to the danger zoneYou treat me like an only childWell I don't understandYou treat me like an only childWhen I want to be your manWhen I want to be your manYou're always playing teacher and I'm the teacher's petWell you're teaching me a lesson that I never will forgetYou didn't notice that I'm growing I can stand up on my ownLet me be the man I am and take you to the danger zoneYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only childYou treat me like an only child