When I was fifteen, I left home young
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Tore up the tracks and then some
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Me and my dad didn't see eye to eye
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I never took to him, he never took the time
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Bullet proof, more than tough
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Smarter than he ever was
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CHORUS
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Well I burned those wheels down the highway
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And I learned what I learned the hard way
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Do the best you can do, love many, trust few
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Work hard for the money in your hands
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That's the measure of a man
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Yeah the measure of a man
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Anger burns, love cools it down
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Pretty young woman turned my head around
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The world through her eyes looked so different
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She lives on faith, she looks for forgiveness
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Fool proof, it ain't easy
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I need her, she needs me
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CHORUS
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She stole my heart on this highway
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She taught me to love through the hard days
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Yeah she's cool when I'm not, she's as steady as a rock
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She's as solid as the ring on my hand
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That's the measure of a man
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Yeah the measure of a man
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Last night she handed me a son of my own
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It killed me to do it, but I picked up the phone
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CHORUS
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Hey dad I burned ten years down this highway
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And I learned what I learned the hard way
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Truth is I need you, we'll cry if we need to
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And I'll swallow my pride if you can
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That's the measure of a man
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Oh yeah, the measure of a man
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Measure Of A Man
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| Jack Ingram |
