Roy Clark - When a Man Becomes a Man lyrics

When a hill is just a hill and not another one to climb When one kiss in a thousand burns his lips from time to time When the thoughts of playing children start to play upon his mind That's when a man becomes a man When he doesn't pay attention to the burning urge to go When the only thing that's moving in a bobbing fishing pole When he learns that simply living is all of life he needs to know That's when a man becomes a man A man becomes a man when the waves no longer find his hurried footprints in the sand When he finds what he's been looking for already has him by the hand When his pleasures are just favors from a tin tobacca can That's when a man becomes a man When the sun sets in the same place as it did the day before And the supper dishes rattle from inside the kitchen door When he doesn't seem to feel the urge for leaving anymore That's when a man becomes a man When the moonlight shows the tiny flecks of silver in his hair When a pa**ing freight train whistle brings a smile from ear to ear When his only mode of travel is a sqeaky rockin' chair That's when a man becomes a man That's when a man becomes a man That's when a man becomes a man