Song: Family Man

(Craig Campbell / Jon Henderson / Joel Shewmake)

I’ve been workin’ as a temp at the local factory
I hope they hire me on full time
I got shoes to buy and mouths to feed
I drive a “buy here, pay here” truck
It ain’t new but it is to me
It ain’t much but it fires right up
And gets me from a to b

What puts the dirt underneath my nails?
What keeps the calluses on my hands?
Family, man…

Chorus: They’re the world my world revolves around
My sacred piece of solid ground
The flesh and bone that gives me strength to stand
They’re the fire in my drivin’ on
The drive behind my comin’ home
The livin’ breathin’ reason that I am a family man

There’s dirty shirts to wash, dishes in the sink to do
There’s how many times
Does 17 go into 52?
There’s bedtime prayers to pray
Sleep tights and I love yous
Then there’s a pair of eyes
I get to lose myself into

What keeps me keepin’ the faith?
What makes me believe I can?
Family, man…

Chorus: They’re the world my world revolves around
My sacred piece of solid ground
The flesh and bone that gives me strength to stand
They’re the fire in my drivin’ on
The drive behind my comin’ home
The livin’ breathin’ reason that I am a family man

They’re the fire in my drivin’ on
The drive behind my comin’ home
The livin’ breathin’ reason that I am a family man
A family man

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Acoustic Peanut Publishing (SESAC) (admin. by Melodies of Bigger Picture o/b/o Itself and Acoustic Peanut Publishing), Murrah Music Corporation (BMI) (administered by Bug Music) / Bug Music (BMI) / Michael Murrah Music (BMI) / Katank Music (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) / Big Hits of Amylase (administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) (BMI)

Produced by Keith Stegall

Recorded by John Kelton at The Castle (Franklin, TN)
Additional recording and engineering by Matt Rovey at The Sound Station (Nashville, TN)
Mixed by John Kelton at The Sound Station (Nashville, TN)
Mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix (Nashville, TN)
Production Coordinator: Jason Campbell

Eddie Bayers – Drums
Brent Mason – Electric Guitar
Glenn Worf – Bass
Gary Prim – Piano
Stuart Duncan – Mandolin
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Bobby Terry – Acoustic Guitar
John Wesley Ryles – Background Vocals