(intro) D5 G5 D5 G5 (verso 1) D5 G5 Walk out of an alley with a bloody dollar bill D5 A5 G5 Holdin' your lunch money that no bully's gonna steal D5 G5 Put that dime left over with the others in a box D5 A5 G5 To buy your grandpa a new buck knife to replace the one you lost (verso 2) D5 G5 Steal your daddy's Pontiac and plant it in a ditch D5 A5 G5 Watch him walk to work all week 'till he could get it fixed D5 G5 Work it off on the weekends sweating in a mill D5 A5 G5 Go there with a debt to pay and leave there with a skill (refr?o) D5 G5 D5 G5 A5 That's how you make a boy become more than just his father's son G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 A5 G5 Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees D5 G5 That's how you make a man like me (verso 3) Pick up that telephone you wish you never heard Take the longest two mile drive you ever took to her And wait 'till she takes that test 'cause you just couldn't wait and taste Bittersweet victory when she says, "We're okay" (verso 4) Let your buddy leave a party, don't ask him for his keys Rest that casket on the shoulder where your best friend used to lean See that baby boy's whole life flash right before his mama's eyes Live with knowing you could have saved his life (refr?o) D5 G5 D5 G5 A5 That's how you make a boy become more than just his father's son G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 A5 G5 Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 That's how you make a man like me D5 G5 Kick yourself for stumblin' but never leave your feet D5 A5 G5 Lie awake with your mistakes and find peace piece by piece D5 G5 Pray that you'll wake up as who you want to be D5 A5 D5 G5 That's how you make a man like me D5 G5 D5 G5 Walk proud in the shoes that no ones wants to be D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 That's how you make a man like me
