Measure of a Man - Jack Ingram

[03:03.68][02:12.79][00:06.10]Album:This Is It
[02:58.44][02:08.75][00:01.77]Jack Ingram-Measure Of A Man
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[00:18.04]When I was fifteen,
[00:19.67]I left home young
[00:21.82]Tore up the tracks and then some
[00:26.29]Me and my dad
[00:28.38]didn't see eye to eye
[00:30.54]I never took to him,
[00:32.60]he never took the time
[00:35.29]Bullet proof,
[00:37.66]more than tough
[00:39.20]Smarter than he ever was
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[00:43.48]Well I burned those wheels down the highway
[00:47.46]And I learned what I learned the hard way
[00:51.85]Do the best you can do,
[00:53.98]love many, trust few
[00:56.23]Work hard for the money in your hands
[01:01.93]That's the measure of a man
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[01:06.40]Yeah the measure of a man
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[01:12.34]Anger burns,
[01:14.28]love cools it down
[01:16.41]Pretty young woman
[01:18.34]turned my head around
[01:20.60]The world through her eyes
[01:22.62]looked so different
[01:24.47]She lives on faith,
[01:26.93]she looks for forgiveness
[01:29.34]Fool proof, it ain't easy
[01:34.03]I need her, she needs me
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[01:38.10]She stole my heart on this highway
[01:41.85]She taught me to love
[01:44.12]through the hard days
[01:46.25]Yeah she's cool when I'm not,
[01:48.87]she's as steady as a rock
[01:50.87]She's as solid as the ring on my hand
[01:55.68]That's the measure of a man
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[02:00.97]Yeah the measure of a man
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[02:16.19]Last night she handed me a son of my own
[02:19.80]It killed me to do it,
[02:21.73]but I picked up the phone
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[02:26.10]Hey dad I burned ten years down this highway
[02:29.95]And I learned what I learned the hard way
[02:34.42]Truth is I need you,
[02:36.64]we'll cry if we need to
[02:38.86]And I'll swallow my pride if you can
[02:43.21]That's the measure of a man
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[02:48.08]Oh yeah, the measure of a man
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