Released: May 14, 1991
Songwriter: Paul McCartney Elvis Costello
Producer: Mitchell Froom Kevin Killen Elvis Costello
[Verse 1]
You went your own way one too many times
And now you're going to find out what it's like
Just what it's like now, now you're a mess
You wanted something you could never possess
You went your own way one too many nights
You treated her like some small oversight
What in the world makes her think that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man?
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
[Verse 2]
You thought you were the answer to her prayers
The perfect gift that every girl prefers
But that's the trouble 'cause every girl still thinks you're hers
So there you are with your gold chains jangling
Your lucky charms and jewelry dangling
But when she saw you she turned and ran
To turn you from a playboy into a man
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy to a man
[Verse 3]
You couldn't see that the juvenile things that you do
Would drag you down and now that the joke's on you
You're pretty cold as you end as you start
When your façade isn't falling apart
So now you're standing in your underwear
Well now you know just how it feels for her
You're halfway there, you know that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
You went your own way one too many times
And now you're going to find out what it's like
Just what it's like now, now you're a mess
You wanted something you could never possess
You went your own way one too many nights
You treated her like some small oversight
What in the world makes her think that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man?
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
[Verse 2]
You thought you were the answer to her prayers
The perfect gift that every girl prefers
But that's the trouble 'cause every girl still thinks you're hers
So there you are with your gold chains jangling
Your lucky charms and jewelry dangling
But when she saw you she turned and ran
To turn you from a playboy into a man
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy to a man
[Verse 3]
You couldn't see that the juvenile things that you do
Would drag you down and now that the joke's on you
You're pretty cold as you end as you start
When your façade isn't falling apart
So now you're standing in your underwear
Well now you know just how it feels for her
You're halfway there, you know that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man
[Chorus]
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man