When I was a young boy, used to play army
I'd invite my friends over to fight
Yeah we'd line up our ranks and
We'd say our grace as we fought on into the night
Well here now I do stand somewhere between a grown man
And boy just playing with his friends
Yeah I'd take on the oath to protect and to hold
Like my brother and my grandpas did
So mama I'm writing to say, that I find that I'm doing okay
Yeah I'm learning to learn that the hardest fight is within
So tell my pa, after all he's the best man I ever saw
And I'm sorry for the fights in my younger years
And tell my big sister that I miss her
She was right about a couple of things
I'm a reckless romanic with a head as hard as nails
I'm just learning to be, the man that I am
Well you were my sweet heart, I asked you out in my car
At the school house on four-twenty-one
And I love how these faults are mostly in my cost
I was learning, to love to have fun
Well time is a strange thing, and my brain rearranged
The plans that I had for my life
Yeah I'm hurting that
I'm splitting past with the girl I though would be my wife
So tell your mother, that I'm sorry for making her little girl cry
There's another man she's gonna make him a pretty bride
And tell your father, that I'm thankful
For the moments we shared in the past
He's a good man with a heart as pure as gold
I'm just learning to be, the man that I am
Well this life is a strange thing
And god knows I've done things that I am not proud of
But his grace it amazes me the life and the truth it brings
Im thankful its more than enough
So tell my pa, after all he's the best man I ever saw
And I'm sorry for the fights in my younger years
And tell my big sister that I miss her
She was right about a couple of things
I'm a reckless romanic with a head as hard as nails
I'm just learning to be, the man that I am