[Intro]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover
And calls it tough love?
What is a man, who can't take a stand for his daughter
And calls it tough love?
Tough love, love, love, yeah
Man enough to see, man enough to see
There ain't a goddamn man in me

[Verse 1]
Take me back to a date before I was hostile
And learned to hate you, you
And I swear that it's just like fate would have it
That I would be different, but I'm just like you
Alright, you swore you'd never become, oh

[Chorus]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover
And calls it tough love?
What is a man, who can't take a stand for his daughter
And calls it tough love?
Tough love, love, love, yeah
Man enough to see, man enough to see
There ain't a goddamn man in me

[Verse 2]
Ooh, yeah!
Hotel rooms, bourbon, and broads, just a drifter
Thinking about living a life without God
You've done it now, you planted a seed, yeah, yeah
It's like the devil in me, yeah
The storm inside you, it swallows her, swallows her
And to think that you said you would never become, oh
La, la, la, la
[Bridge]
And I know life can be so strange
But I know I can make a change
I'm gonna wipe away the clouds for ya
Oh, I'm gonna be around for ya
I'm gonna paint the town for ya
I'mma make a promise to
Give you everything you want and need
But she fucked up now
'Cause she's bearing another mouth you can't feed

[Chorus]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover
And calls it tough love?
What is a man, who can't take a stand for his daughter
And calls it tough love?
Tough love, love, love, yeah
Man enough to see, man enough to see
There ain't a goddamn man in me