Well my father always meant the world to me So I stood up,split his lip,and took his keys Because the bottle was his mistress and I came to understand Oh,that sometimes you've gotta leave to be a man
So I took to sweeping floors and stacking wood At the Union Valley Mill so my brother could Live without the weight of wanting Didn't mind these tired hands 'Cause I knew sometimes you gotta work to be a man
In that quaried stone Every letter home Another story,another lessen that he led Standing here again Reminds me who I am In the quiet,I still hear the words he said
If it's easy,you know it ain't right It ain't easy,but living worth the fight
I knew at 18 it was time to go to war I was missing home when my feet hit the shore Oh,but I'm not one for running At the call of Uncle Sam I knew sometimes you gotta fight to be a man
In that quaried stone Every letter home Another story,another lessen that he led Standing here again Reminds me who I am In the quiet,I still hear the words he said
If it's easy,you know it ain't right It ain't easy,but living worth the fight
Whahahome Whahahome Awehome Awehome
Whahahome Whahahome Awehome Awehome
In a brokendown car,with seven mouths to feed There were winters there that pushed me to my knees There were fathers who abandoned Cowards who just ran Oh,but sometimes you gotta stay to be a man
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