That’s a Man Songtext
von Jack Ingram

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
To give his young family a better life
Yeah, a better life

Oh, that's a man
That's a 19-year-old modern-day hero man


Those two young Marines over there fighting for their country
Man, they′re going to be friends forever
Well, they′d both come back eventually
But as bombs and destiny would have it
They don't come back together
Yeah, the one who lived to tell about it
Why, he can′t even talk about it
Keeps fighting that fight in his head
Not a day goes by he don't wonder why
Why it wasn′t me instead
Yeah, it could have 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 reminding
Reach down and find some understanding
Find some kind of kindness

Read a story about a man whose family′s been farming
The same land down in Texas 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 fella 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-sham-in-a-collection-plate man


Oh, that′s a man
Y'all want to sing? Let me hear you
Oh, that's a man
You know who I′m talking about? Sing about him
Oh, that′s a man
You know who I'm talking about?
Oh, that′s a man
Let me hear you a little louder now
Oh, that's a man
Oh, that′s a man
Oh, that's a man
Oh, that′s a man