Boys, boys, boys, boys, little boys Bows and arrows for their toys With gentle voices and open hands To show you treasures and secret plans Just to make a man Boys, boys, boys, boys all settle down They'll take some time to find somewhere then Find someone They'll stop jumping to take a slow dance Tell you now they understand What makes a man Boys break the things they love the most Spend nights crying about it on their own They're so strong and young and weak and old But they'll walk beside you on the road And they'll take you with them when they go Boys, boys, boys, boys grown boys Breaking bones and hearts in broken voices Taking love to bits again Trying get it fixed, then failing To be a man Boys break the things they love the most Spend nights crying about it on their own They're so strong and young and weak and old But they'll walk beside you on the road And they'll take you with them when they go