Across the Hollows (Classic Outlaw Country)

Verse 1

Hard gravel road

I dragged a heavy wagon through the Alabama mud

Working for a man who didn't know my name

Salt in the grain

Pre-Chorus

Still I survived

Still I moved

Still I stayed

Chorus

Across the hills and the hollows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Through the smoke and the shadows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Verse 2

I held a heavy hammer by the tracks

Iron biting deep into the sun-scorched earth

Steel on steel

Breaking my back

Pre-Chorus

Then I ran

Then I hid

Then I lived

Chorus

Across the hills and the hollows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Through the smoke and the shadows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Verse 3

Flying a twin-engine plane over the ridge

High above the river where the pines grow thick

Fuel running low

Crossing the bridge

Pre-Chorus

So I soared

So I fell

So I rose

Chorus

Across the hills and the hollows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Through the smoke and the shadows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Verse 4

Maybe I will be a sailor on the wide blue sea

Far away from the dirt and the dust

Watching the tide

Finally free

Chorus

Across the hills and the hollows

I am riding on

I am riding on

Through the smoke and the shadows

I am riding on

I am riding on