**[Spoken Intro]** Man up. You need to apologize. But this time… Don’t just say it. **[Verse 1 ]** I spent the whole night in the car Rehearsing, “Baby, I went too far” “I swear I’ll change, I’ll make this right” The same old words from every fight Before my hand reached for the door She stood there all of five-foot-four One little hand held in the air And more resolve than I could bear **[Verse 2 ]** She said “You can’t keep living with me here I’m done with always living in fear The broken things, the slamming doors The names you call me hurt me more You say you’re sorry when it’s through Then anger takes the best of you I still love who you used to be But I can’t let you bury me” **[Chorus ]** Man up, you need to apologize Not with promises and practiced lies Put the bottle down, get on your knees Give God the anger and come clean Man up, if you mean to make it right Choose the truth and choose the fight Sorry’s only one small part you have to change to heal a heart **[Short Piano Interlude]** **[Verse 3 ]** That stopped me dead where I stood No excuse I used could make it good All the rage that I bottled up Had poured our love into a cup “You’re right—you deserve so much more” She turned and slowly closed the door I hit my knees, “Lord, pull me through Take this rage and make me new” **[Verse 4]** The door came open soft and slow She held the choice I had to know The Bible resting in one hand Jim Beam in the other—the ruin of this man “This doesn’t mean we’re healed tonight Or one prayer makes the damage right But choose which road you’re walking down And prove it when I’m not around” **[Final Chorus ]** Man up, I came to apologize No more broken promises, no more lies I took the Bible, dropped to my knees “Lord, take the anger and free me please” She didn’t then say we’d be all right She said, “Then prove it to me day and night” "Sorry’s only one small part" "Cause Change is how you heal a heart" **[Spoken Outro ]** She didn’t take me back that night. She gave me something harder… A way back— by letting go God gave me a path and If I walk it.
