How You Make a Man

Preacher said on the sixth day, God made Adam out of dust Teacher said that the Big Bang is where we came from Momma said it's a miracle we're all born straight outta love But daddy said, let me tell you son It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand Yeah, that's how you make a man 22, thought I knew everything, so I put everything on a Pawn shop, shiny thing, diamond ring, I would've done anything I promised that girl the whole wide world right before she left She left a boy broken, yeah, remembering what my daddy said It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand Yeah, that's how you make a man Yeah, I had to live to learn, and crash and burn For me to turn into a man worth loving you It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand Yeah, that's how you make a man Yeah, that's how you make a man Yeah, that's how you make a man Make a man Make a man Make a man Make a man