COUNTRY BOY WILL SURVIVE

They handed down their grit, hearts built from scars

Stories whispered nightly underneath a field of stars

No promises, just the knowing—if you want to last

You lean on your kin and you learn from the past

And granddad said, "Son, when the storms roll through

It’s the ones with old skills who make it out true

So we teach you to plant, to mend and to stand

‘Cause it’s your time coming, to tend this land"

Verse 1

Big suits in glass towers cutting checks in the air

Red tape winding up while the shelves stay bare

Paper dreams bought and sold on tangled streets

No help coming down, just bitter defeat

Pre-Chorus

Walls closing in where the grey smoke drifts

But far from those towers, hope still exists

Chorus

When the world goes down, I’ll still be around

Country boy living wild when the sirens sound

Digging deep in the dirt, while they all run blind

Ain’t nothing gonna break this will of mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, we get by

Oh-oh, country boy will survive [Verse 2]

Canned beans stocked high in the old pine shed

Maple wood stacked where the red tail’s fled

Creek water pure, with a rifle near

Ain’t no panic here, just another year

Pre-Chorus

Skies are burning red, city’s running dry

But out here on this land, we’ll get by

Chorus

When the world goes down, I’ll still be around

Country boy living wild when the sirens sound

Digging deep in the dirt, while they all run blind

Ain’t nothing gonna break this will of mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, we get by

Oh-oh, oh-oh, country boy will survive

Bridge

Here they come, running scared from the chaos behind

City folks on dusty roads with worry in their eyes

I keep the gate open, let ‘em rest tonight

But if you bring your trouble here, you won’t like my bite

Verse 3

You want peace among pines, well I’ll show you how

Plant your boots in the earth and hang on now

I’ll give you fire and bread, strong coffee at dawn

But if you’re stirring storms, you best move along

Pre-Chorus

Some come seeking shelter, some come just to take But I'll be watchin' you—no room for the fake

Chorus

When the world goes down, I’ll still be around

Country boy living wild when the sirens sound

Digging deep in the dirt, while they all run blind

Ain’t nothing gonna break this will of mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, we get by

Oh-oh, country boy will survive