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TIME TO BE A MAN (5'09)
John Berry (1996)
Written by: John Berry/Gary Nicholson
Album: Faces
I went to the reunion
Of the class of 84
And I saw my old sweetheart
Who said she just divorced
We talked about the good days
And the life we once planed
And then they played a slow one
And she asked me to dance
Ten years ago I would not of left her alone
But I just told her about my family back home
When I was a child I played the games that children play
Now that Ive become a man I put those things away
Time to take care of whats at hand
Ooo-oo, time to be a man
Theres one that calls me darlin
And three that call me Dad
I know theyll stand beside me
In good times and through bad
And knowin that they need me
Gives me the strength I need
To stand up through the walk of life
And be all I can be
When I was a child I played the games that children play
Now that Ive become a man I put those things away
Time to take care of whats at hand
Ooo-oo, time to be a man
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When I was a child I played the games that children play
But now that Ive become a man I put those things away
Time to take care of whats at hand
Ooo-oo, time to be a man
Ooo-oo, time to be a man
Ooo-oo, time to be a man
All right, come on, yeah
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