SAW A STORY
ON THE LOCAL NEWS
LAST NIGHT
ABOUT ONE MORE
STRUGGLING
SINGLE MOTHER
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT
HOW HARD IT IS
GETTING BY
WITH NO HELP NO MONEY
NO NOTHING FROM
THE BABY'S FATHER
MADE ME THINK ABOUT
THIS GUY I KNOW
WITH A WIFE
AND A CHILD
WHO'S WORKING
TWO JOBS
JUST TO GET BY
YEAH HE SAYS
HE'D DO ANYTHING
HE COULD
IN THIS WORLD
JUST TO GIVE HIS
YOUNG FAMILY
A BETTER LIFE
YEAH A BETTER LIFE
OH THAT'S A MAN
THAT'S A
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
MODERN-DAY HERO MAN
THOSE TWO
YOUNG MARINES
OVER THERE
FIGHTING FOR
THEIR COUNTRY
MAN THEY'RE GONNA
BE FRIENDS FOREVER
WELL THEY BOTH
COME BACK EVENTUALLY
BUT AS BONDS AND
DESTINY WOULD HAVE IT
THEY DON'T COME
BACK TOGETHER
YEAH THE ONE
WHO LIVED
TO TELL ABOUT
WHY HE CAN'T EVEN
TALK ABOUT IT
KEEPS FIGHTING
THAT FIGHT UP THERE
IN HIS HEAD
AIN'T A DAY GOES BY
HE DON'T WONDER WHY
WHY IT WASN'T ME
INSTEAD
IT COULD'VE BEEN ME
INSTEAD
OH THAT'S A MAN
THAT'S A YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW HARD
HE TRIED TO SAVE
HIS BUDDY'S LIFE MAN
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT SOMETIMES
I JUST NEED A LITTLE
REMINDER
AND REACH DOWN
AND FIND SOME
UNDERSTANDING
FIND SOME KIND
OF KINDNESS
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
READ ABOUT A MAN
WHO SAID HIS FAMILY
HAD BEEN FARMING
THE SAME LAND IN OHIO
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS
FELT LIKE
HE'D PAID FOR IT
TEN TIMES OVER
WITH HIS OWN BLOOD
HIS OWN SWEAT
AND HIS OWN TEARS
IF HE HAD TO
HE'D BE OUT THERE
ON THAT TRACTOR
WORKING
SEVEN LONG
HOT DAYS A WEEK
YEAH HE'S THE KIND
OF FELLOW
THAT PEOPLE
GET REAL QUIET
WHEN HE STANDS UP
IN CHURCH TO SPEAK
THEY KNOW WHEN
HE SPEAKS
OH THAT'S A MAN
THAT'S A STAND TALL
WALK STRAIGHT
PUT GOD'S SHARE
IN THE COLLECTION
PLATE MAN
OH THAT'S A MAN
OH THAT'S A MAN