Name: On My Way To Be A Man
Duration: 3 min 53 s
Channel: Jim Putnam
Description: Story of the long journey to become a man.

On My Way To Be A Man

Nashville Bound

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Story of the long journey to become a man.

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Nashville Bound

Nashville Bound plays all genre of country including country jive, swing, southern rock, folk, gospel and adaptations of latin jive and French jive. Nashville

PLAYING FOR THE LOVE OF THE MUSIC Websters Dictionary defines a bandas a group of people joined together for a common purpose. Nashville Bound is just such a band, founded by Jim Putnam to record country versions of some of the songs he has written. When Putnam writes songs they are genre neutral, meaning they can be arranged in a variety of styles and genres. His words and music are stories that are flexible and the truth in his words seems to work no matter what the style. Meaningful stories are meant to be shared whether they are commercial hits or just inspirational thoughts. To date Putnam has written and recorded studio rough cuts of over 350 songs. All recording, mixing and mastering is done in Nashville. Seasoned, road tested musicians with exceptional talent perform, most are masters of multiple instruments, and all experienced in both studio and major live venues having worked with a literal whose who of major country artists. The result is magic in the studio. That is Nashville Bound.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Bluegrass

Charts

Peak #172

Peak in subgenre #11

Author

Jim Putnam

Rights

2006

Uploaded

October 24, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:53

Story behind the song

There are times as we seek manhood we are in such a hurry to get there we miss many of the most important things in life.

Lyrics

ON MY WAY TO BE A MAN
by jim putnam

I was seventeen I didn’t want to stay
didn’t see the reason why
my best friends were moving on
it was a time to say goodbye

Quietly I slipped away
Without a teardrop in my eye
I vowed to never look back
On those days gone by

Like the strength of ties that bind us
How love can be so strong
Though many miles can come between us
They really aren’t so long

It wasn’t clear till so much later
how much I didn’t understand
as I traveled down that highway
on my way to be a man

I never learned to listen to the cries
Of all the people so alone
And all they ever wanted
Was a place to call their own

Still I didn’t have the time
To help them when I could
never thought it was important
Though I should

Like the strength of ties that bind us
How love can be so strong
Though many miles can come between us
They really aren’t so long

It wasn’t clear till so much later
how much I didn’t understand
as I traveled down that highway
on my way to be a man

As I take the time to look back
On that path I chose to go
So many things I left out
So little did I know

It’s not too late to set it straight
I know I haven’t gone too long
You showed me love then you showed me 
how I was wrong

Like the strength of ties that bind us
How love can be so strong
Though many miles can come between us
They really aren’t so long

It wasn’t clear till so much later
how much I didn’t understand
as I traveled down that highway
on my way to be a man

It wasn’t clear till so much later
how much I didn’t understand
as I traveled down that highway
on my way to be a man