It took a bully riding my back to make me mad enough to fight

And a summer with my granddad to find out what hard work's like

It took that football coach in high school to make me tougher than the rest

That first beer with my daddy to put that first hair on my chest



It took a heart to heart with Jesus

To bring me to my knees

But it took a woman to make a man out of me



It took a pair of soft blue eyes

And a smile so sweet to make me reach up high and really dig down deep

She made me so much more than who I used to be

It took a woman to make a man out of me



It took the first year we were dating and hanging too much with the boys

For her to give an ultimatum for me to have to make a choice

It took that want add in the paper to sell that '68 Firebird

Buy that diamond ring I gave her and rent out that little church



It took the day my baby girl was born

To make a tear roll down my cheek

But it took a woman to make a man out of me



It took a pair of soft blue eyes

And a smile so sweet to make me reach up high and really dig down deep

She made me so much more than who I used to be

It took a woman to make a man out of me



She made me so much more than who I used to be

It took a woman, oh it took a woman to make a man out of me