song profile

LIVIN THE LIFE YOU’RE IN
(Strobel/Warrington/Maier)

When he turned sixteen, (his) momma needed him to be, a grown man  
Had to learn to survive, earn to provide with his own two hands
Between workin down at the grocery store, -n- back home with those everyday chores
No there, wasn’t no time for, that life he planned for

But, it takes a man to stand in his own shoes
And understand that he’s gotta do whatta he’s gotta do 
(You) never look back to what might’ve been
You’re just livin the life you’re in

Now a father of three and a husband for the last five years
Got married young, but that son of a gun ain’t sweatin no tears
“Cept for, day to day struggles, and, workin those doubles, he’s
Busting his knuckles, in the, Bible Belt buckle

Yeah, it takes a man to stand in his own shoes
And understand that he’s gotta do what he’s gotta do
No time to look back to what might’ve been
When you’re livin the life you’re in 

Sometimes life throws a wrench in the gear
There’s those days he’d like to disappear 
But he love’s his wife, adores his kids
And he’d never take off like his daddy did

Yeah it takes a man to stand in his own shoes
To understand that God’s got a plan for me and you
Don’t need to look back to what might’ve been
When you’re lovin’ living the life you’re in
Yeah livin the life you’re in