Oh, how you tried to cut me down to size
 Tellin' dirty lies to my friends
 But my own father said "Give her up, don't bother
 The world isn't comin' to an end"
 (He said)

 Walk like a man, talk like a man
 Walk like a man my son
 No woman's worth crawlin' on the earth
 So walk like a man, my son

 Bye bye baby, I don't-a mean maybe
 Gonna get along somehow
 Soon you'll be cryin' on account of all your lyin'
 Oh yeah, just look who's laughin' now
 (I'm gonna)

 Walk like a man, fast as I can
 Walk like a man from you
 I'll tell the world "forget about it, girl"
 And walk like a man from you