If I were a boy even just for a day I'd roll out of bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted and go Drink beer with the guys and chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted and I'd never get confronted for it, 'Cause they stick up for me If I were a boy, I think I could under stand How it feels to love a girl, I swear I'd be a better man And I'd listen to her,'cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted, 'cause he's takin' you for granted And everything you had got destroyed If I were a boy, I would turn off my phone Tell everyone it's broken, so they'd think that I was sleepin' alone I'd put myself first and make the rules as I go 'Cause I know that she'll be faithful, waitin' for me to come home, To come home And if I were a boy, I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl, I swear I'd be a better man And I'd listen to her, 'cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted, 'cause he's takin' you for granted And everything you had got destroyed It's a little too late for you to come back Say it's just a mistake, think I'd for give you like that If you thought I would wait for you, you thought wrong But you're just a boy, you don't understand, you don't understand Oh, how it (feels to love a girl someday, you wish you were a better man Oh, you don't listen to her, and you don't care how it hurts Until you lose the one you wanted, 'cause you're takin' her for granted And everything you had got destroyed But you're just a boy