A CHILD'S IDEA OF A MAN WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter I. look up to daddy, look up to pa. I thought somebody was a man if he was tall. so I wanted ev'rybody to look up and see how tall I am. I didn't know I was living a child's idea of a man. II. listen to uncle: he speaks so loud. he's only talkin', but to my tiny ears it's a shout. so I wanted ev'rybody to listen to hear how loud I am. I didn't know I was living a child's idea of a man. BRIDGE: now a child's idea of a man is something I picked up way back when. I shoulda left it with my bucket and shovel lying in the sand. but now I'm growing ev'ryday, I've learned to throw it all away. I've fin'ly stopped living a child's idea of a man. (repeat verse I) III. my body is achin'; a whippin' I had. I get a spankin' ev'ry time that I make daddy mad. so I wanted ev'rybody to feel the strength within my hands. and once again I was living a child's idea of a man. © Copyright 1979 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.