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