Released: February 11, 1986
Songwriter: Hal Davis
Producer: Hal Davis
Where have I been?
What should i be looking for?
What am I gonna be when I come of age?
Will I be strong?
Will I de a mighty man
Climb mountains if I can
When I come of age?
Hey y'all I think I'll be a movie star
Or travel to some distant star
Yeah that's it I'm gonna be an astronaut
And rock it to the moon
And then I'll be the captain of a giant ship
I'm gonna take a long, long trip to far off land
When I become a man
And what about love?
Will you still be in love with me?
I sure hope you will be
When I come of age
And will you be true?
Will you still want to marry me?
I guess I'll have to wait and see
When I come of age
My folks say I'm too young for love
But they don't seem to understand
That what I feel is love for somebody
A feeling I understand
And while I've fot this feeling
It's you, girl, you're so grand
And I'll love you girl just as strong
When I come of age
Wait, be patient honey
You've got to believe in me
Wait, wait for me baby
It'll be just you and me
We'll do all the things
We couldn't do before
When when I come of age
We're gonna be so happy
When, when I come of age
What should i be looking for?
What am I gonna be when I come of age?
Will I be strong?
Will I de a mighty man
Climb mountains if I can
When I come of age?
Hey y'all I think I'll be a movie star
Or travel to some distant star
Yeah that's it I'm gonna be an astronaut
And rock it to the moon
And then I'll be the captain of a giant ship
I'm gonna take a long, long trip to far off land
When I become a man
And what about love?
Will you still be in love with me?
I sure hope you will be
When I come of age
And will you be true?
Will you still want to marry me?
I guess I'll have to wait and see
When I come of age
My folks say I'm too young for love
But they don't seem to understand
That what I feel is love for somebody
A feeling I understand
And while I've fot this feeling
It's you, girl, you're so grand
And I'll love you girl just as strong
When I come of age
Wait, be patient honey
You've got to believe in me
Wait, wait for me baby
It'll be just you and me
We'll do all the things
We couldn't do before
When when I come of age
We're gonna be so happy
When, when I come of age
Unreleased Songs
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- Addams Groove (Family Thing)
- Days in Gloucestershire
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Demo Version)
- Todo Para Ti
- Throwing Your Life Away
- Everything’s Just Fine (aka Alright)
- Deep In The Night
- She’s Trouble (Demo Version)
- Faces
- Jane is a Groupie
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- We Are the World (Original Solo Demo)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (Original Version)
- Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Original Mix)
- Chicago (Original Version)
- Blue Gangsta (Original Version)
- Xscape (Original Version)
- Dangerous (Early Version)
- Farewell My Summer Love (Original Mix)
- Starlight
- Seeing Voices
- Loving You (Original Version)
- A Place with No Name (Original Version)
- 7 Digits (Snippet)
- Hollywood Tonight (Original Version)
- Get Your Weight Off of Me (Snippets)
- To Make My Father Proud (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Original Mix)
- Touch the One You Love (Original Mix)
- Girl You’re So Together (Original Mix)
- Behind the Mask (Original Version)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (2010 Version)
- Chicago (2010 Version)
- Love’s Gone Bad
- Slave To The Rhythm (2010 Version)
- Carousel (Shortened Version)
- What About Us
- Call on Me (Original Mix)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (Original Mix)
- Don’t Believe It (Snippet)
- Price of Fame (Pepsi Version)
- Cheater (2001 Reworked Version)
- Someone Put Your Hand Out (Early Version)
- Groove Of Midnight
- You Were There (Live from Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1989)
- Man in Black
- I’m Still The King
- State of Shock (Alternate Version)
- Melodie (Original Mix)
- The Loser
- If’n I Was God
- Hold My Hand
- (I Can’t Make It) Another Day
- Much Too Soon
- Sunset Driver (Demo)
- The Way You Love Me
- We Are Here to Change the World
- Don’t Be Messin’ ’Round
- I’m So Blue
- We’ve Had Enough
- Song Groove (Abortion Papers)
- All in Your Name
- Free
- Best of Joy
- Someone in the Dark
- We Be Ballin’
- Mind Is the Magic
- Scared of the Moon (Demo)
- Carousel
- Streetwalker
- Fly Away
- Beautiful Girl
- Cheater
- Fall Again
- In the Back
- Monkey Business
- Price of Fame
- Al Capone
- Can’t Get Outta the Rain
- This Is It
- She’s Trouble
- What More Can I Give
- Work That Body
- You Can’t Win
- I Am A Loser
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- Who’s Lookin’ For A Lover
- Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
- Lonely Teardrops
- When I Come Of Age
- Someone Put Your Hand Out
- Slapstick
- Elizabeth, I Love You (Live from Elizabeth Taylor’s Anniversary Celebration 1997)
- For All Time
- Got the Hots
- Hot Street
- If You Don’t Love Me
- Nite Line
- On the Line
- One More Chance
- People of the World
- Serious Effect
- She Got It
- Why
- Unreleased Songs
- Looking Back to Yesterday (1986)
- Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Anthology (1995 Edition) (1995)
- Anthology (2008 Gold Edition) (2008)
- Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009)
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine