(Billy Dean)      I came home from college to see my old man   He was sittin' on the porch swing, with a book in his hand   He stared at my earring, and at my tattoo   He smiled and shook his head and said   It's good to see you   He chose his words carefully cause it was hard for me to come   And he knew I had ta temper and where I got it from   I waited for the sermon, the one I knew so well   But this time he wasn't preachin'   About heaven or hell   He said a real man knows the value of a woman      A real man has got nothin to prove   He's strenthened by love   And the Lord up above   So do the best that you can   To be a real man      Could it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul   Or maybe losin' Mama had just taken it's toll   He gave me his Bible, stained with tears he had cried   And I opened up the cover   Where he wrote inside   And it said      A real man has got nothin to prove   He's strenthened by love   And the Lord up above   So do the best that you can   To be a real man      Do the best that you can   To be a real man