These battered hands are all you own
This broken heart has turned to stone
You're out of time
You're out of place
Look at your face
That's the measure of a man?


It's the fire in the eyes
the lines on the hand
It's the things you understand
Permanent ties from which you once ran
That's the measure of a man

Back on the beat
back to the start
Trust in your heart
That's the measure of a man

You've come full cirlce
Now you're home
Without the gold, without the chrome
And this is where you've always been
You had to lose so you could win
And rise above your troubles while you can
Now you can love
Now you can lose
Now you can choose

That's the measure of a man