Saw a story on the local news last night   'Bout one more struggling single mother   She was talking about how hard it is getting by   With no help, no money, no nothing from the baby's father      Made me think about this guy I know with a wife and a child   Who's working two jobs just to get by   Yeah, he says he'd do anything he could in this world   Just to give his young family a better life, yeah, a better life      Oh! That's a man!   That's a 19-year-old, modern-day hero man      Those two young Marines over there fighting for their country   Man, they're gonna be friends forever   Well they'd both come back eventually   But as bombs and destiny would have it   They don't come back together      Yeah, the one who lived to tell about   Why he can't even talk about it   Keeps fighting that fight up there in his head   Ain't a day goes by he don't wonder why   Why it wasn't me instead, it could've been me instead!      Oh! That's a man!   That's a you don't know how hard he tried   To save his buddy's life man      I don't know about you   But sometimes I just need a little reminding   To reach down to find some understanding   Find some kind of kindness      Read about a man who said his family had been farming   The same land in Ohio for a hundred years   Felt like he'd paid for it ten times over   With his own blood, his own sweat and his own tears      If he had to he'd be out there on that tractor working   Seven long, hot days a week   Yeah, he's the kind of fella that people get real quiet   When he stands up in church to speak   They know when he speaks      Oh! That's a man!   That's a stand tall, walk straight   Put God's share in the collection plate man   Oh! That's a man!   Oh! That's a man!