Released: November 10, 1998
Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven
Well look out, Mama, your little girl, she has changed
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
Look out, Daddy, what she needs now, she can't find at home
Oh Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door
She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
Oh but Mama, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Well Daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him
She don't do no work, she won't tell nobody when she's coming home
She makes poor Daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone
She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show
She used to make Daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
We're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
I guess Ricky wants a man of her own
Yeah, my folks say "Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"
Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight
"Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"
Oh but Daddy, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
She's almost grown
Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
Look out, Daddy, what she needs now, she can't find at home
Oh Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door
She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
Oh but Mama, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Well Daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him
She don't do no work, she won't tell nobody when she's coming home
She makes poor Daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone
She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show
She used to make Daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
We're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
I guess Ricky wants a man of her own
Yeah, my folks say "Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"
Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight
"Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"
Oh but Daddy, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
She's almost grown
Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
more tracks from the album
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
- Paradise by the ‘C’
- Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own
- Roulette
- Meet Me in the City
- The Man Who Got Away
- Little White Lies
- The Time That Never Was
- Night Fire
- Chain Lightning
- Party Lights
- Mary Lou
- Where the Bands Are
- I Wanna Be with You
- Mr. Outside
- Dollhouse
- Whitetown
- Cindy
- Take ’Em as They Come
- Held Up Without a Gun
- Restless Nights
- From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
- Living on the Edge of the World
- Stray Bullet
From the albums
- Tracks (1998)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015)
Bruce Springsteen popular songs
- Born in the U.S.A.
- Born to Run
- Dancing in the Dark
- I’m On Fire
- Thunder Road
- Blinded by the Light
- The River
- Atlantic City
- Hungry Heart
- Jungleland
- Glory Days
- Badlands
- My Hometown
- Streets of Philadelphia
- Backstreets
- The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
- Secret Garden
- Racing in the Street
- Nebraska
- I’m Goin’ Down
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
- Growin’ Up
- The Rising