- Album This song officially appears on the Mighty Like a Rose Official album.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1987 (Paul McCartney was 45 years old)
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Recording batch 2 of demos with Elvis Costello
Oct 23, 1987
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Lyrics
You had your own way one too many times and now
You're going to find out what it's like
Just what it's like, now you're a mess
You wanted something you could never possess
You went your own way one too many nights
You treated her like some small oversight
What in the world makes her think that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man
She's going to make you suffer tonight
To turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
You thought you were the answer to her prayers
The perfect gift that every girl prefers
But that's the trouble 'cos every girl
Still thinks you're her's
So there you are with your gold chains jangling
Your lucky charms and your jewelry dangling
But when she saw you she turned and ran
To turn you from a playboy into a man
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
You couldn't see that the juvenile things that you do
Would drag you down and now that the joke's on you
You're pretty cold and you end as you start
When your facade isn't falling apart
So now you're standing in your underwear
Well now you know just how it feels for her
You're halfway there you know that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man
She's going to make you suffer tonight
Turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Turn you from a playboy into a man
Playboy
Playboy
Playboy
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1991
3:20 • Studio version • A
- Marc Ribot :
- Guitar section
- Elvis Costello :
- 12-string rickenbacker, Big stupid guitar, Cox organ, Producer, Vocals
- Mitchell Froom :
- "piano frenzy", Cox organ, Producer
- Jim Keltner :
- Drums
- Larry Knechtel :
- "piano frenzy", Upright piano
- Jerry Scheff :
- Bass
- Kevin Killen :
- Producer
- Benmont Tench :
- "piano frenzy"
- Recording :
- Late 1990 - early 1991
- Studio :
- Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London
Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2017
2:57 • Demo • B • Original Demo
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Elvis Costello
- Paul McCartney :
- Producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 23, 1987
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2017
2:55 • Demo • C • 1988 Demo
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Guitar, Höfner bass, Lead vocal, Producer
- Hamish Stuart :
- Electric guitar
- Chris Whitten :
- Drums
- Elvis Costello :
- Backing vocals, Guitar, Lead vocal, Producer
- Peter Henderson :
- Recording engineer
- Kevin Armstrong :
- Electric guitar
- Richard Moakes :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 26, 1988
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Bootlegs
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
2:53 • Demo • McCartney & Costello demo
- Recording :
- Spring-Summer '87
Flowers In The Dirt - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
2:53 • Studio version • [demo]
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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