Play The Man is the latest collection of songs by Nathan Metz. The album will was released on October 2nd, 2010 and is available now. What does the album title mean?

Track List

1. Since I’m Man
2. Promise You’ll Try
3. You Should Be Proud Too
4. Omugwiira
5. Fire
6. Quintus The Coward
7. Señorita Mariá
8. Perfection (FREE)
9. The Stomping Ground
10. Young Man’s Love (FREE)
11. Give Them Back
12. Let It In (FREE)
13. Fight For You
14. Sophie
15. My Flight, You Died
16. Since I’m Man Reprise

Lyrics

01. Since I’m Man

You can’t find me when
I hit the road again
The factory closed and now
Now my work is gone, gone, gone
You can’t find me when
The bomber starts a war
Who cares what it is for
When the soldier’s at your door?
You can’t find me when
I’m getting drunk on sin
Oh, oblivion!
The years that have gone, I’m dead.
You can’t find me when
I’m stomping on a chair
I’m working like it’s fair,
So lonely I feel dead
All since I’m man, all since I’m man

02. Promise You’ll Try

Lit up by the sun in the yard just having fun while I strum away
Peak around the trees makin’ sure that I can see you are safe with me
Weekend mornings spent with you, just so easy now
We can give up what is new and hold on to our lives
Promise you will try.
I’ll bring you up right.
Deep within a child is a hunger for a life that they will not get
We can do our best but while we’re a fumblin’ mess they will turn out fine
I hear you pray before you sleep, honey it’s so right
I love your songs throughout the day, I love it when you smile

03. You Should Be Proud

Baby, I’m so proud of you
You have followed through on your dreams
And baby, you should be proud too
There’s nothing to prove, it’s sweetness
Lovely is the way you’re walking now
Your head held high so proud, it’s stunning
And even more lovely is the way that you need me
It makes me a better man, I’m stronger
So if it get’s too big, if the treadin’ gets too thick
I hope you know that you’re not in this all alone
You can jump on my back and I’ll carry you home, oh, let’s go home!
Show me is there more that I can do
To make our love break through our troubles?
And I will show you that I will do my part
It may be just a start but it’s honest
So if it get’s too big, if the treadin’ gets too thick
I hope you know that you’re not in this all alone
You can jump on my back and I’ll carry you home, let’s go home!

04. Omugwiira

I don’t wanna see you go to sleep, my boy
‘Cause I know when you awake I will be gone
I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone.
I’m showing you it’s good for men to cry
And I’m doing all I can to say goodbye
To say goodbye. Say goodbye.
Your mother’s coming back to get you, boy
And I’ll being praying for your life at home
You’re coming home, coming home.
You’re coming home, oh, hurry home!
You’re coming home…
You’re coming home…
You’re coming home…
Hurry home!

05. Fire

How could I feel any more in love than I do now?
Some days just burn like a fire in my heart; I don’t know how.
You’re like a better piece of myself than from what I’m made.

06. Quintus The Coward

Instrumental

07. Señorita Mariá

I don’t mind sitting here just wasting time,
But you said you had been here too long today.
You smile so nice under your purple hat. You’re so polite.
You can’t be late when there’s no where to go and nowhere to stay
Señorita Mariá, ride with me.
Señorita Mariá, where do you go?
You’re out of time even before you learn to walk.
Can we stop here by the apples? I need a break.
And we can talk, I will help you.
Señorita Mariá, ride with me.
Señorita Mariá, where do you go?

08. Perfection

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Seven shirts and two of my slacks are all that I can pack
Except what’s on my back, hope that’s everything.
A wrinkly mess in my suitcase,
Oh, but who’s watching me to see if I am neat?
Wouldn’t matter anyway.
Thinking on the road, it’s what we do
And when this trip is through
I’ll have it figured out, I’ll get it figured out
I’m leaving town, goodbye my friends!
Oh, I’ll be sure to write.
Keep up the fight,
And let me know.
Surely I’m headed to a place that will be better for me
That old depressing heap, progress feels so good.
This drive is such a drag, I’m heading south, it’s still not looking good.
Oh, what’s the problem here? Patience now, I’m on the run.
This is my escape from what I’m not and all that’s medium.
I need some perfection; I’m an American.
I’m leaving town, goodbye my friends!
Oh, I’ll be sure to write.
Keep up the fight,
And let me know.

09. The Stomping Ground

All my walls are crumbling down
I’m deafened by the cries and crashing sound
And I’m blinded by the rubble and dust around
All my walls are crumbling down
I can’t see the light with the wrecking ball in flight
All my walls are crumbling down
Oh, my heart’s a stomping ground
And my body’s a torn up rag thrown out to burn
When you’re beat up it feels like your without an out
Oh, my heart’s a stomping ground
I can’t see the light when your swingin’ with the right
Oh, my heart’s a stomping ground
Hallelujah, save me!
Hallelujah, have mercy!

10. A Young Man’s Love

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Standing on the edge of the lake, he thought about her.
If it wasn’t for her he’d be a doubter.
A handle on a phone that he wouldn’t use to call her,
He had the number but he hadn’t won her
So he stares to the water, he sees the starlit sky,
He doesn’t care about the cold rain coming down
Lost in a scene is a boy, he’s dressed up like a man,
He doesn’t care how foolish it might seem
How foolish it might seem
Tally up the moments it takes to make a heart hunger,
It’s a low number, at least when we’re younger
Trying hard to forget the times when it wasn’t magic,
Possibly tragic, but you look back and laugh at it
So he smiles to the wind that wraps around his face
Pulling his hair to a wirey painting hold
Oh, he’s a dream that she had when she was just a girl,
But it seems a bit too risky now
A bit too risky now
In a rush of youthful love he starts thinking,
He starts hoping, maybe he’s planning
He doesn’t want to rush, but hoping ain’t enough
So he’s running, maybe he’s jogging, no, no he’s definitely running
In a sprint he moves quickly through the rain
Like it were film and he’s in the last scene
Oh, there’s no lines, no words, just a look in his eye,
It’s all he needs to make her smile and cry
Make her smile and cry
A young man’s love ain’t no joke at all, one day he’ll be grown.
A young man’s love ain’t no joke at all, one day he’ll be grown.
One day he’ll be grown.

11. Give Them Back

I don’t need to be anywhere but home
Singing while my girls are dancing ’round the floor
Oh, the merry room is brightened by our love
It’s rare but can be true, it’s rare but can be true
Father gave to me a family, a family
I will give them back, I’m just a dad, I’m just a man.
When I was a boy my father came to me
Said, “Son, I’m just a man and I’ve got this family.
It doesn’t make me right in everything I do,
The best I’ll ever do is say a prayer with you.”
Father gave to me a family, a family
I will give them back, I’m just a dad, I’m just a man, I’m just a man.
As my family grows I’ll tell them what I know
Share about my road and how it brought me here
And I’ll tell them ’bout my role and what they mean to me
But the best I’ll ever do is say a prayer with you.
Father gave to me a family, a family
I will give them back, I’m just a dad, I’m just a man, I’m just a man.
Oh, my Lord, what gift can I deserve like this family?!

12. Let It In

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Is it better to go without sight or sit on a vision?
I’ve been sitting on a vision, sitting on a vision.
She’s been begging me to see with these eyes, but I’ve been creeping.
I have been creeping. I fear I’ve been creeping.
It’s a tragedy to fall in a hole when you’re the one who dug it.
I’m the one who dug it. I’m the one who dug it.
You better keep the shovel in your hand if you making something of it.
Gonna make something of it. Oh, I’m gonna make something of it.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in.
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Let it in! Let it in! Let it in! Let it in!
Is it possible to write a song that really makes a difference?
I wanna make a difference. Can I even make a difference?
Would the ink from every page rise up and fight our wars?
Fight our wars, fight our wars.
I’d never leave my honey out in the dark when there is danger,
And there’s gonna be danger. Oh, there’s always danger.
I’d never dream of fighting my battles on my own.
On my own, on my own.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in.
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Let it in! Let it in! Let it in! Let it in!
Sailors on a paper boat aren’t worried for their nets.
They don’t care about the nets. Who cares about the nets?
Pilots on a concrete plane are going down, down, down.
Going down, down, down. Going down.
We weren’t built to run this race alone.
We weren’t built to run this race alone.
It’s a marriage; you have to let it in.
Have to let it in. You have to let it in.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in.
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Oh, how it blows like a season coming in
Everybody knows it’s the only way to win.
Let it in! Let it in! Let it in! Let it in!

13. Fight For You

Every night before I go to bed
I say my prayers and put the Lord back in my head
And every day when troubles come my way
I find myself alone; I’ve pushed the Lord away
And He says, “Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I miss you. Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I miss you.”
So every night before I go to bed
I send a prayer up to the Lord and I get fed
And every day when troubles come my way
I find Him right beside me fighting through the fray
And He says, “Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I’ll fight for you. Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I’ll fight for you.
And You can carry on, now you’re in my love.
And You can carry on, now you’re in my love.”
So every night before you go to bed
Just send a prayer up to the Lord and you’ll get fed
Every day when troubles come your way
You’ll find Him right beside you fighting through the fray
And you’ll say, “Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I needed you. Ooo-Ooo-Ooo, I needed you.”
I can carry on, now I’m in your love.
I can carry on, now I’m in your love.

14. Sophie

Instrumental

15. My Flight, You Died

I don’t care, I don’t care about the love that we don’t share.
In my life I’ve sacrificed everything that I’ve done twice.
You may be the all to me, but give me slack and let me be.
Cut me loose, the stress, the noose, I’m a man without your plan.
Oh, how wrong was I? Oh!
And oh, my flight, you died!
I don’t care, I don’t care about the love that we don’t share.
In my life I’ve sacrificed everything that I’ve done twice.
You may be the all to me, but give me slack and let me be.
Cut me loose, the stress, the noose, I’m a man without your plan.
Oh, how wrong was I? Oh!
And oh, my flight, you died!
Oh, my flight, you died.

16. Since I’m Man Reprise

Instrumental

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