Things A Man Oughta Know

Album: Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' (2020)
Charted: 32
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  • I can hook a trailer on a two-inch hitch
    I can shoot a shotgun, I can catch a fish
    I can change a tire on the side of a road
    Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

    How to know when it's love
    How to stay when it's tough
    How to know you're messin' up a good thing
    And how to fix it 'fore it's too late
    And yeah, I know a boy
    Who gave up and got it wrong
    If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
    Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

    If I can't have it, I can do without
    I can hang a picture same as I can take it down
    And how to keep it hidden when a heart gets broke
    Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

    How to know when it's love
    How to stay when it's tough
    How to know you're messin' up a good thing
    And how to fix it 'fore it's too late
    And yeah, I know a boy
    Who gave up and got it wrong
    If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
    Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

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    How to know when it's love
    How to stay when it's tough
    How to chase forever down a driveway
    How to never let it get there in the first place
    And yeah, I know a boy
    Who gave up and got it wrong
    If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
    Well, I know a few things a man oughta know
    Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know Writer/s: Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Eric from Southern CaliforniaSpeck-in-your-eye, you yourself have made it an issue just like many others have. If we ignore that line of stupid thinking, then it would go away. The more credence we give it, the more powerful it becomes. It's a great song and I don't care if it's about all the thing "a man oughta know". I know how to do all those things and it wouldn't bother me if I didn't.
  • Speck-in-your-eyeThe hypocrisy of this song is incredible. Could you imagine a guy singing about things a girl should know? It would be buried under an avalanche of self righteous feminism. Ridiculous.
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