Man's Gotta Do

Well, his daddy set him down When he was just a kid Said listen to me loud My son, to how it is Your mom and me, we tried We just can't get along I know you've heard her cries But, son, it ain't your fault Well, I ain't gon' be around So you'll have to take the reigns Boy, I know you're scared right now But you're gonna do great 'Cause sometimes the ride Don't go as you planned No matter how hard you try It's outta your hands And sometimes life shows up Long before you want it to And sometimes a boy's gotta do What a man's gotta do Well, the years went flyin' by Just like his muscle car And Katie asked him for a ride And, in that backseat, they took it too far Barely seventeen Katie's three weeks late So he went and got a job Told his mom graduation will have to wait 'Cause sometimes the ride Don't go as you planned No matter how hard you try It's outta your hands And sometimes life shows up Long before you want it to And sometimes a boy's gotta do What a man's gotta do, oh yeah! Now, he still can't buy a drink But he bought a diamond ring for her hand He's shippin' off in fourteen days To a foreign land I guess sometimes the ride Don't go as you planned No matter how hard you try It's outta your hands, oh! And sometimes life shows up Long before you want it to And sometimes a boy's gotta do What a man's gotta do