Man Like Me Lyrics - Singles - Bobby Pinson

Walk out of an alley with a bloody dollar bill 

Holdin' your lunch money that no bully's gonna steal 

Put that dime left over with the others in a box 

To buy your grandpa a new Buck knife to replace the one you lost 

Steal your daddy's Pontiac and plant it in a ditch 

Watch him walk to work all week till he could get it fixed 

Work it off on the weekends sweatin' in a mill 

Go there with a debt to pay and leave there with a skill 

That's how you make a boy become 

More than just his father's son 

Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees 

That's how you make a man like me 

Pick up that telephone you wish you never heard 

Take the longest two mile drive you ever took to her 

Wait as she takes that test 'cause you just couldn't wait 

And taste bittersweet victory when she says, "We're okay" 

Let your buddy leave a party, and 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 knowin' you could've saved his life 

That's how you make a boy become 

More than just his father's son 

Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees 

That's how you make a man like me 

Kick your self for stumblin', but never leave your feet 

Lie awake with your mistakes and find peace, piece by piece 

Pray that you wake up as who you want to be 

That's how you make a man like me 

You walk proud in the shoes, who no one wants to be 

That's how you make a man like me