One Spade For Life

Verse 1

Walk this hard ground with one iron blade

Avoiding the easy route others have made

Steel and old wood are all I hold tight

Keeping me steady throughout the cold night

Labor and spirit

Focus and merit

Digging through dirt when the sky isn't clear

Beating the rock until burdens disappear

No hidden tricks for the games they played

Holding the choice that I finally made

Pre-Chorus

Planting my seeds where the clay is tough

Leaving behind every memory that's rough

Strike by strike I'm building a name

Ignoring the silver and dodging the fame

Chorus

One spade for life

My only companion

Through the sun and the rain

Through valley and canyon

One spade for life

My one true weapon

It digs up the truth

With every lone step taken

Stronger than gold

Stronger than war

Build what will last

I don't need anymore

Verse 2

Faster they move but their roots are thin

Running a race they are destined to spin

Better to struggle and work for the depth

Than lose my own soul with every breath

Spade felt the sweat

Handle stayed wet

Hard earth will turn into ground that is sweet

Finding the strength underneath my bare feet

Not for the status or what they might see

Honesty is the only real key to me

Pre-Chorus

Planting my seeds where the clay is tough

Leaving behind every memory that's rough

Strike by strike I'm building a name

Ignoring the silver and dodging the fame

Chorus

One spade for life

My only companion

Through the sun and the rain

Through valley and canyon

One spade for life

My one true weapon

It digs up the truth

With every lone step taken

Stronger than gold

Stronger than war

Build what will last

I don't need anymore

Bridge

Vow that is unbound

Deep in the sound

Strife and the joy

I cannot destroy

The promise I keep

Before I can sleep

Chorus

One spade for life

My only companion

Through the sun and the rain

Through valley and canyon

One spade for life

My one true weapon

It digs up the truth

With every lone step taken

Stronger than gold

Stronger than war

Build what will last

I don't need anymore