Take It Like A Man
by
Steve Leigh
A stab at a real country song. Sometimes it takes a while to really grow up. And usually it's not as easy as you think it's going to be. Ironically, I wrote this three years before my first kid, and later, went through some of the same feelings I only imagined at the time.
Getty—lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
David Baumert—bass
Tim Osborne—drums
Steve Leigh—lead vocals, rhythm guitars
Mike Klink—pedal steel
The boy is getting older
The girl she keeps telling him to settle down
No one's getting younger
Long ago the friends outgrew the run-around
It's high time he left that kid behind
Take his woman, bring her closer to his side
And take it like a man
He drops a few more dollars
The man behind the bar brings him another round
Even though the wife is home
Crying all alone, he doesn't hear the sound
When they took his job, they took his pride
But a bottle won't give him the kind of
strength he needs to find
To take it like a man
Take it like a man
The boy is getting older
Still he can't believe that he's become a dad
And even though he loves the kid
Sometimes at night he thinks about the freedom he had
But his family they count on his love and care
So he rolls over falls asleep,
and in the morning he'll be there
To take it like a man
So being a man, taking that stand
Is just a little bit harder, than you ever planned
But there comes a day, when you look at your life and say
Just like my father, I'll do what I can
To take it like a man
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