Man In Me
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There's a man in me
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He's cold and he's hard
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He's got an eye for deception
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He's always on guard
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He's swimming in concrete
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Drowning in fear
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And he keeps it all locked in his heart
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This man is a tyrant, a fault finding hack
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You can't tell him nothing
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There's no turning back
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He leaves blood on the highway
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and scattered debris
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He crawls from the wreckage
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but he still doesn't see
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He's alive
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The man is jive
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There's a man in the mirror
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I don't like his looks
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His teeth they are crooked
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His hands are like hooks
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He speaks 4 letter language
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Because his mind is so small
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His voice is like venom
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I don't like him at all
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God, I gotta get away from the man in me
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She says
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What are you afraid of
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There's no need to judge
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You know I can help you
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But you won't even budge
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Pretty flowers surround you
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but all you can smell is a rat
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She says
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Why do you insist on your head in the sand
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Building walls all around you, you don't understand
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These ways are outmoded,
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but all you can change is your hat
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The man in me don't wanna know nothing about that
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There's a man in the closet
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He wants to come out
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He wants to be noticed
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But he's so filled with doubt
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He wants to be well known and famous
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But he's so filled with pride
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The keys to his fortune stay locked up inside
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Can it be the man in me?
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She says
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Now what are you afraid of?
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There's nothing to fear
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You want me to help
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But you won't let me near
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In your heart you can hear me
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But all you believe are your eyes
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Tell me why you're convinced
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That a fist in your face
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is all you deserve
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From love you've misplaced
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The truth is salvation
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But all you believe in are lies
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The man in me wants to believe,
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but he won't even try
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There's man in me,
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and he's so full of hate
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He's so misdirected
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He thinks it's too late
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Pours salt on the wounds
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Only Time wants to heal
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He's dying inside
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And he don't wanna feel
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Anything
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The man is strange
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The Man In Me
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| Rodney Crowell |
