Be The Man

	  		 

Verse 1:

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Matthew Ogston is my name, and you’ll not hear me mourn 
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I will never live in shame, I will not walk alone 
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For though my love took his own life because of bigotry 



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I’ll be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
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I was born to be 

Verse 2:

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And my love, he was warm and kind, and my love, he was strong 
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And when his brown eyes first met mine, I knew he was the one 
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And though I walk a silent road, he will walk with me 



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If I be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
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I was born to be 

Verse 3:

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There is a cross upon the hill, its arms are open wide 
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There’s a star upon a windowsill, that beckons me inside 
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But I’ll walk beneath a crescent moon, I’ll walk until they see 



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That I’ll be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
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I was born to be 

Verse 4:

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For the man that I was born to be, is a man who lives for love 
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Kindness, and charity, but most of all, love 
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And there’s no God that I’ve heard of, who could disagree 


 
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So I’ll be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
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I was born to be 

Verse 5:

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Wherever love is called a sin, and families are torn 
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Wherever mums can’t love their sons, because of how they’re born 
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Wherever there are hands to hold, that’s where I will be 



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And I’ll be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
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I was born to 


 
G      D    Em     C    G      D         Em      D 
Be the man, be the man, be the man I was born to be 
G     D       G 
I was born to be