That's A Man-Jack Ingram

[ti:That's A Man] [ar:Jack Ingram] [al:Big Dreams And High Hopes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:09.24]Saw a story on the local news last night [00:12.67]About one more struggling single mother [00:16.67]She was talking about how hard it is getting by [00:19.47]With no help no money no nothing from the baby's father [00:24.65]Made me think about this guy I know with a wife and a child [00:28.77]Who's working two jobs just to get by [00:33.26]Yeah he says he'd do anything he could in this world [00:35.88]Just to give his young family a better life; yeah a better life [00:41.88]Oh that's a man [00:49.38]That's a 19-year-old modern-day hero man [00:58.68]Those two young Marines over there fighting for their country [01:02.92]Man they're gonna be friends forever [01:06.48]They've both come back eventually [01:08.29]But as bonds and destiny would have it [01:11.16]They don't come back together [01:14.78]Yeah the one who lived to tell about [01:16.84]Why he can't even talk about it [01:19.03]Keeps fighting that fight up there in his head [01:23.07]Ain't a day goes by he don't wonder why [01:26.39]Why it wasn't me instead [01:28.82]It could've been me instead [01:31.62]Oh that's a man [01:39.31]That's a you don't know how hard he tried to save his buddy's life man [01:49.19]I don't know about you [01:51.06] [01:51.58]Sometimes I just need a little reminder [01:57.58]I'll be working through this world with plans and results Yes I have [02:05.32]No and never hurt a man to try to be a better man [02:10.87]And reach down and find some understanding [02:17.86]Find some kind of kindness [02:38.33]Read about a man who said his family [02:40.39]Had been farming the same land in Ohio for 100 years [02:46.38]Felt like he'd paid for it ten times over [02:50.12]With his own blood his own sweat and his own tears [02:54.80]If he had to he'd be out there on that tractor working [02:58.67]Seven long hot days a week [03:02.36]Yeah he's the kind of feller that people get real quiet [03:05.97]When he stands up in church to speak [03:08.60]They know when he speaks [03:10.97]Oh that's a man [03:18.52]That's a stand tall walk straight [03:20.39]Put God's share in the collection plate man [03:23.51] [03:27.59]Oh that's a man [03:35.78]Oh that's a man