There aren't any ladies present here in this room, are there?nSo it's just us gentlemen, isn't it?nnYou know, I won't try to please her, I can't try to appease her,nYes, I can't.nEven if this means that I won't be a man who sees her.nYes.nYou know, she can go if she wants to go, she can run if she wants to run.nBut that's okay, cause I believe in everything I have done.nAnd this way she gonna--someday she's gonna respect me.nnShe'll say, Jonathan, what you thinking'? and I tell her everything.nEven if sometimes I'm scared to tell her, and I know it's gonna sting.nIf that's too much for her, and she turns cold as ice.nThat's okay, I believe in tellin' the truth, and I'm willing to pay thenprice.nAnd she gonna--she's gonna respect me.nnSee, I'm a man, not a boy, I can't worry what she gonna think about me.nI'm a man now, and not a boy, and I can't worry what she'll do or thinknabout me.nWell, she can go if she wants to go, but I got to do the things that Inbelieve.nnHi-o Hi-o Silver.nHi-o Hi-o Silver.nHi-o Hi-o Silver.nShe gonna-she's gonna respect me.nnLook, sometimes we bound to argue, sometimes we bound to fight.nI don't want her tryin' to agree with me when I know she must still thinknshe's right.nI don't like that.nShe can't lean on me, she's gotta think for herself.nWell, if leavin' me's better, that's good, if she thinks that'll help.nI want her to grow up, you know.nAnd this way she's gonna--she's gonna--she's gonna --she's gonna--respect me.nAnd that's what I want.