That's A Man

Saw a story on the local news last night
 'Bout 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 19-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'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
 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 reminding
 I've been walking through this world with blinders on
 Yes I have
 No it never hurt a man to try and be a better man
 To reach down to find some understanding
 Find some kind of kindness
 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 fella 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!