DID THAT MAN REALLY USE TO BE ME?

DID THAT MAN REALLY USE TO BE ME?

Gregg Metcalf

Last night I sat by the fire with my little girl

looking at old photos in a family picture book

she looked at each picture on every page, but

I wasn’t ready when she said Daddy take a look

Starring back at me was a man I barely knew

Someone from another life from another time

I saw the unhappiness written all over his face

It was easy to see sin had been so unkind

Chorus:

Did that man really use to be me?

There’s little resemblance that I can see

He looks so different from what I am today

Jesus really made me brand new I’ll say

Did that man really use to be me?

I’m a new man and I will forever be

Jesus washed my sins all away

Did that man really use to be me?

Years of doing things my way had taken their toll

The choices I made had left me broken and worn

But now I am a brand new Daddy washed in the blood

Ever since I turned to man who wore a crown of thorns

Now I stay at home and kiss my little girl goodnight

And I’m there to tuck her in and listen to her pray

She talks of mommy and sissy and then of me

She thanks God for a brand new daddy each and every day

Chorus:

Did that man really use to be me?

There’s little resemblance that I can see

He looks so different from what I am today

Jesus really made me brand new I’ll say

Did that man really use to be me?

I’m a new man and I will forever be

Jesus washed my sins all away

Did that man really use to be me?

Bridge:

I look down at my little girl asleep in her bed

Not a worry ‘bout daddy in her little head 

Now my little girl has a daddy that kisses her goodnight

And I’m there to tuck her in and hear all her prayers

My little girl doesn’t need to know who that man used to be

thanks to God's grace she has a brand new daddy