Verse 1

Blue satin girl, nineteen maybe

Young love, sweet love, didn’t last, baby

You talked like tomorrow was something we’d keep

I just stood there, learning how not to speak

Verse 2

Blue satin eyes, couldn’t look away

Like you were searching for something I couldn’t say

I thought love was staying, keeping my name

Didn’t know love wanted more than the same

Chorus

I was a man… that’s all

Yeah, I was a man… that’s all

I gave you what I had

I gave you blue satin love

I was a man… that’s all

Verse 3

What were you reaching for back then

In the life we brushed but never stepped in

You needed truth, I needed time

I hid behind pride and called it mine

Verse 4

I don’t know where I failed you

I don’t know when you slipped away

All I know is your name still rings

In the quiet parts of every day

Chorus

I was a man… that’s all

No plan in my hands at all

I gave you what I had

Yeah, I gave you blue satin love

I was a man… that’s all

Bridge

If loving you was bravery

I learned it way too late

Some lessons come like truth

When there’s nothing left to save