Tom MacDonald - Just a Man lyrics

It's a cold place
Work to death 'til the loans paid
You drive to work and punch the clock
And break your back for low wage
Weekends full of cocaine
Get drunk 'til you don't know pain
Reminisce with your old friends by old
Times in the old days
Old flames all burnt out like
A barbecue with no propane
Been a bumpy ride through a rough
Time, but you a tough guy
And you won't break
Had enough nights full of blood and sweat
Least you know how both taste
Had to cut ties in your love life
'cause your dumb fights left broke plates
Your bros changed, your folks aged
Your own grave in close range
You so brave, you stoneface
There's no shame if you show pain
You bones ain't got no faith
So God lets you live your way
Go tell the bathroom mirror what you
Won't pray to your own face

I ain't fast like a speeding bullet
I ain't strong like a hurricane
I ain't as big as the bridge to Brooklyn
Just a man that my father raised

They can lock me up, they can beat me down
They can take my truck
They can take my house
Mama made me tough, I'ma make her proud
'Cause when life gets rough
I will stand my ground

It's desperate times, you rest your eyes
But you stress all night
So you don't sleep a second
Just obsess and guess the next surprise
You can't relax you truck
Are told the Chevy's just collecting fines
You swear that you can't take no more
Like every day's a fence to climb
You're human, solutions don't exist if you
Don't sketch designs
The blueprints you've been usin'
Built your truth on top a web of lies
Ruined by the sewage
You produce by not connecting lines
Excuses are like bruises that you get
If you regret the fight
The bills you kept are swept aside
The person you elected lied
Investments were a lesson, you're in debt
And rent is getting high
You exercise to lessen all the
Stresses that affect your life
You did your best, you
Can't expect perfection
Just accept you tried

I ain't fast like a speeding bullet
I ain't strong like a hurricane
I ain't as big as the bridge to Brooklyn
Just a man that my father raised

They can lock me up, they can beat me down
They can take my truck
They can take my house
Mama made me tough, I'ma make her proud
'Cause when life gets rough
I will stand my ground

I can't jump a building, I'm not superman
Shoot me with a bullet and I'll die
Can't stop a locomotive with a single hand
Because I'm just a man, but I will try
They can lock me up they can take my truck
Mama made me tough i'ma make her proud

They can lock me up, they can beat me down
They can take my truck
They can take my house
Mama made me tough, I'ma make her proud
'Cause when life gets rough
I will stand my ground