Biography:
Billy Dean (born William Harold Dean, Jr., April 2, 1962 in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search. Active as a recording artist since 1991, he has recorded a total of eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His biggest solo hits are "Only Here for a Little While"
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[Verse]
D
I came home from college to see my old man
D
He was sitting on the porch swing a book in his hand
D
He stared at my earring and at my tattoo
D Em
Smiled, shook his head, said It's good to see you.
D A
He chose his words carefully For it was hard for me to come
Em D
And he knew I had a temper and where I got it from
D A
I waited for the sermon. The one I knew so well
Em D
But this time he wasn't preaching about heaven or hell He said
[Chorus]
G D A D
A real man knows the value of a woman
G D A Em
A real man's got nothing to prove (man's - contraction for man has)
G D A G
He's strengthen by love and the Lord up a-bove
D A G D
To do the best you can To be a real man
[Bridge]
D A
Could it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul
G A
Or maybe losing momma had just taken it's toll
D A
He gave me his bible, stained with tears he had cried
G D
I open up the cover where he wrote inside And it said,
[Chorus]
G A D
She can live with what goes with leaving
G A D
She knows it's the only way
G A Bm
Though it kills her to give up believin'
Em Em7 A
She can't live with herself if she stays
G A D
She could settle for what she'd be feeling
G A G
If she gave in and worked this one out
Em Em7 D
She doesn't want the kind of love she can live with
Em7 D A D G D G
She wants the kind of love she can't live without
[Outro]
D A G D
To do the best you can to be a real man
D
I came home from college to see my old man
D
He was sitting on the porch swing a book in his hand
D
He stared at my earring and at my tattoo
D Em
Smiled, shook his head, said It's good to see you.
D A
He chose his words carefully For it was hard for me to come
Em D
And he knew I had a temper and where I got it from
D A
I waited for the sermon. The one I knew so well
Em D
But this time he wasn't preaching about heaven or hell He said
[Chorus]
G D A D
A real man knows the value of a woman
G D A Em
A real man's got nothing to prove (man's - contraction for man has)
G D A G
He's strengthen by love and the Lord up a-bove
D A G D
To do the best you can To be a real man
[Bridge]
D A
Could it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul
G A
Or maybe losing momma had just taken it's toll
D A
He gave me his bible, stained with tears he had cried
G D
I open up the cover where he wrote inside And it said,
[Chorus]
G A D
She can live with what goes with leaving
G A D
She knows it's the only way
G A Bm
Though it kills her to give up believin'
Em Em7 A
She can't live with herself if she stays
G A D
She could settle for what she'd be feeling
G A G
If she gave in and worked this one out
Em Em7 D
She doesn't want the kind of love she can live with
Em7 D A D G D G
She wants the kind of love she can't live without
[Outro]
D A G D
To do the best you can to be a real man
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