Well I never once
Backed down from a punch
Well I'd take it square on the chin
But I found out fast
That bullies just laugh
And we've got to stand up to them
When he had been a child, Derek had never backed down from a fight. He hadn't been born or bred that way. He was a werewolf and he was determined to prove his mettle, even as a kid.
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye
As bad as it hurt, I just grinned
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again.
He had had many black eyes in the process. When the older werewolves in his pack asked, he would just smile and shrug it off. He never understood why the men were so upset about it. His dad was the most upset about it in particular. He never understood why his dad would watch him when he was doing something simple as playing ball. He would have this huge smile on his face when it happened.
Then he died and Derek never thought he'd feel that again.
Until Laura was born.
Scared me to death Well I didn't cry, when Old Yeller died
When you took your first steps
And I'd fall every time you fell down
Your first day of school, I cried like a fool
And I followed your school bus to town
At least not in front of my friends
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again
Laura was his baby girl and she was just learning to walk. He bit his tongue the first time she took her first steps away from her mama and towards him. When she fell down, he crouched down too.
He didn't know what he was going to do when she was older and going to school. Her mother said he would drive her then stay in the shadows to make sure she was okay. Derek didn't believe her, but there was an inkling he would when she was old enough.
Well I'm a grown man If you were to ask, my wife would just laugh
But as strong as I am
Sometimes it's hard to believe
How one little girl, with little blonde curls
Could totally terrify me
She'd say "I know all about men
How tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again"
He was twenty-three and a grown man, but that little bundle with light blond hair that curled on end made him feel as if he was three years old again. He was totally scared of her and scared for her.
He had never had a child before, which was a good thing but he decided he wanted more children. When she was just born, she would cry and he would no idea what to do. Finally he got into the grove of reading her mind when she began to cry. Now he had it all down pat.
Sam, the mother of his child and girlfriend, would laugh at him because he was a changed person with Laura. She was his little bundle of joy. One time, Sam even told him he became a child again when he was with his daughter. He had looked at her like she told the weirdest thing in the world. It turns out she was right.
Well I know one day, I'll give you away
But I'm gonna stand there and smile
But when I get home, and I'm all alone
Well, I'll sit in your room for a while
As he looked at her in crib, he dreaded the day when she came home and told him she was engaged. He already knew it would come but he didn't want it to. He wanted her to be a baby forever.
But when the time came, he would give her away look a good dad should. Then he'd go home and just look around the house she had made a home and reminisce about the times she acted like a goofball. He knew Sam would find him in her room at the end of the day.
Well I didn't cry when Old Yeller died When tough little boys grow up to be dads
At least not in front of my friends
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again
They turn into big
Derek didn't cry at the sappy movies that Sam did, but he knew that he was a baby again. When she had gone missing, Derek had left the house and wandered in the woods where he had stopped and cried for hours. Then he had gone back in the house and cried again.
He was certain now that Laura was back and going to grow up with her family, this wouldn't be the only time he was like that again. Like the song said, when tough little boys grow up to be dads, they turn into big babies again.
