[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well look out mamma, your little girl she has changed
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She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
A B
Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home
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Oh, Ricky wants a man of her
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She wants a man of her
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Ricky wants a man of her own
[Verse 2]
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Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
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She just goes in her room, turns on radio, and shuts the door
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She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
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Oh but mama, Ricky wants a man of her
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She wants a man of her
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Ricky wants a man of her own
[Bridge]
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Well, daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
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She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him
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She don't do no work, she don't tell nobody when she's coming home
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She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone
[Verse 3]
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She used to like me to take her to a ballgame or a movie show
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She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
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Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
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I guess Ricky wants a man of her own
[Verse 4]
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Well my folks say "son talk to her, if she'll listen to you"
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Yeah she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
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Daddy says she waers her jeans so tight "Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"
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Oh, but daddy Ricky wants a man of her
E A
She wants a man of her
E B E A
Ricky wants a man of her own, she's almost grown
E A E
Ricky wants a man of her
A
She wants a man of her
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Ricky wants a man of her own