(She's Gonna) Respect Me

There aren't any ladies present here in this room, are there? So it's just us gentlemen, isn't it? You know, I won't try to please her, I can't try to appease her, Yes, I can't. Even if this means that I won't be a man who sees her. Yes. You know, she can go if she wants to go, she can run if she wants to run. But that's okay, cause I believe in everything I have done. And this way she gonna--someday she's gonna respect me. She'll say, "Jonathan, what you thinking'?" and I tell her everything. Even if sometimes I'm scared to tell her, and I know it's gonna sting. If that's too much for her, and she turns cold as ice. That's okay, I believe in tellin' the truth, and I'm willing to pay the price. And she gonna--she's gonna respect me. See, I'm a man, not a boy, I can't worry what she gonna think about me. I'm a man now, and not a boy, and I can't worry what she'll do or think about me. Well, she can go if she wants to go, but I got to do the things that I believe. Hi-o Hi-o Silver. Hi-o Hi-o Silver. Hi-o Hi-o Silver. She gonna-she's gonna respect me. Look, sometimes we bound to argue, sometimes we bound to fight. I don't want her tryin' to agree with me when I know she must still think she's right. I don't like that. She can't lean on me, she's gotta think for herself. Well, if leavin' me's better, that's good, if she thinks that'll help. I want her to grow up, you know. And this way she's gonna--she's gonna--she's gonna --she's gonna--respect me. And that's what I want. --- (She's Gonna) Respect Me - Jonathan Richman and Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers