Hats Off for the Few

Verse 1

Clouds huddle over the distant hills

Footsteps fade where wild wind thrills

Dust in my beard, calloused hands

Two word prayer, stubborn stand

Believe, believe

Ramshackle fence, silver wire splits the land

Empty bottles rattling, tint in the sand

Dad’s old coat pulled tight around my bones

I watch the world, whistle alone

Chorus

Hats off for the few

Brave enough to make it through

Hats off for the lonely true

Riding out the storms, holding on blue

Hats off, hats off

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, hats off

Whoa-oh, to the few

Verse 2

Foxes run, scatter midnight stones

Little towns built from muddied moans

I hear my mother’s laughter chase the moon

Wish she’d come back soon

One word echo, soon

Maybe I was born out here for good

Maybe I’ll stay when no one else would

Burning sage, counting scars, waiting for grass to grow

Digging, dreaming, letting go

Chorus

Hats off for the few

Brave enough to make it through

Hats off for the lonesome crew

Riding through the dusk, battered and true

Hats off, hats off

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, hats off

Whoa-oh, to the few

Bridge

Sky splits red, gunsmoke in my lungs

Silent somedays, stumbling tongue

I tip my hat to every ghost I knew

For carrying on, for seeing it through

Chorus

Hats off for the few

Brave enough to make it through

Hats off for the ones who just grew

With wild hearts, wild view

Hats off, hats off

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, hats off

Whoa-oh, to the few

Whoa-oh, hats off

Whoa-oh, to the few