your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls and
she's got her act rearranged
what she needs now she can't find at home
Oh Ricky 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,
Oh but Mama, Ricky wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
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 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 want to go
Now we're left peeking through the curtains
every time that we hear a horn blow
I guess Ricky wants a man of her own
Well my folks say "Son, talk to her,
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
Ricky wants a man of her own
Ricky wants a man of her own
