I CAME HOME
FROM COLLEGE
TO SEE MY OLD MAN
HE WAS SITTIN'
ON THE PORCH SWING
WITH A BOOK
IN HIS HAND
HE STARED AT
MY EAR RING
AND AT MY TATTOO
HE SMILED
AND SHOOK HIS HEAD
AND SAID
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
HE CHOSE HIS WORDS
CAREFULLY
CAUSE IT WAS HARD
FOR ME TO COME
AND HE KNEW I
HAD A TEMPER
AND WHERE I
GOT IT FROM
I WAITED
FOR THE SERMON
THE ONE
I KNEW SO WELL
BUT THIS TIME
HE WASN'T PREACHIN'
ABOUT HEAVEN
OR HELL
HE SAID A REAL MAN
KNOWS THE VALUE
OF A WOMAN
A REAL MAN
HAS GOT NOTHIN'
TO PROVE
HE'S STRENGTHENED
BY LOVE
AND THE LORD
UP ABOVE
SO DO THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN
TO BE A REAL MAN
4 BAR BREAK
COULD IT BE THAT I SAW
JUST A GLIMPSE
OF HIS SOUL
OR MAYBE LOSIN' MAMA
HAD JUST
TAKEN IT'S TOLL
HE GAVE ME HIS BIBLE
STAINED WITH TEARS
HE HAD CRIED
AND I OPENED UP
THE COVER
WHERE HE WROTE
INSIDE
AND IT SAID
A REAL MAN
KNOWS THE VALUE
OF A WOMAN
A REAL MAN
HAS GOT NOTHIN'
TO PROVE
HE'S STRENGTHENED
BY LOVE
AND THE LORD
UP ABOVE
SO DO THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN
TO BE A REAL MAN
DO THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN
TO BE A REAL
MAN