The Man I Was Song Lyrics and Chords by Tracy Lawrence
The Man I Was
Recorded by Tracy Lawrence
Written by Paul Nelson, Tony Martin, Mark Nesler
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Look at me in that photograph
Before we were ever
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us
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Long before you found someone else
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broke our
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sacred
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trust
I hardly recognize myself
Sure has been a
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while
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Amazing how much my life has changed
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Since I've
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worn that
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smile
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happened
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to that
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smile
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There I am with my
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head held
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high
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step was quick and my eyes were bright
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Back when I be
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lieved in
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love
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lay my heart on the line
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don't know which
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hurts the
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worst
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Losing you or having to
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see
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picture of the man I was
Before the
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fool you
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made of
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I've wasted time here missing you
Doubting who I
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am
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I can't make you something you're not
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I can be
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gain
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deep down I
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know I
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I want to be the man I was
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fool you
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made of
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me
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Man I Was?
- The song The Man I Was was sang by Tracy Lawrence.
Who is Tracy Lawrence?
- Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990 to begin his country music career. He signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in 1991 and made his debut late that year with the album Sticks and Stones. Five more studio albums, as well as a live album and a compilation album, followed throughout the 1990s and into 2000 on Atlantic before the label's country division was closed in 2001. Afterward, he recorded for Warner Bros. Records, DreamWorks Records, Mercury Records Nashville, and his own labels, Rocky Comfort Records and Lawrence Music Group.
Lawrence has released a total of 14 studio albums. His most commercially successful albums are Alibis (1993) and Time Marches On (1996), both certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has charted more than forty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including eight songs that reached the number one position: "Sticks and Stones", "Alibis", "Can't Break It to My Heart", "My Second Home", "If the Good Die Young", "Texas Tornado", "Time Marches On", and "Find Out Who Your Friends Are". Of these, "Time Marches On" is his longest-lasting at three weeks, while "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" set a record at the time for the slowest ascent to the top of that chart. His musical style is defined mainly by neotraditional country and honky-tonk influences, although he has also recorded country pop, Christmas music, and Christian country music. He has won Top New Male Vocalist from Billboard in 1992 and from Academy of Country Music in 1993, and Vocal Event of the Year from the Country Music Association in 2007.
