PART ONE

Let Me
Be
a Man

Let Me Be a Man

Explain to me again, Lord, why I’m here;

I don’t know, I don’t know.

The setting for the stage is still not clear;

Where’s the show? Where’s the show?

Let it begin, let it begin.

I am born. Can you use me?

What would you have me do, Lord?

Shall I sing them a song?

I could tell them all about you, Lord;

I could sing of the loves I have known.

I’ll work in their cotton and corn field;

I promise I’ll do all I can;

I’ll laugh and I’ll cry, I’ll live and I’ll die.

Please, Lord, let me be a man,

And I’ll give it all that I can.

If I’m needed in this distant land,

Please, Lord, let me hold to your hand.

Dear Lord, let me be a man

And I’ll give it all that I can.

If I’m needed in this distant land,

Please, Lord, let me be a man.