The Gritty Road

Verse 1

Wheels

Heavy wood

Groaning on the red clay

Rocks jump under the axle weight

Dust

Choking the horses

Making me cough

Thick gray clouds hanging low

Red dirt in my fingernails

Dry

Chorus

Rocky and bumpy

Dirt and the rust

We got nothing but the highway

Nothing but the grit

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Verse 2

Sun

Burning bright

Baked the mud to iron

Potholes deeper than a valley floor

Sweat

Stains on my collar

Salty and sour

Wiping my face with a rag

Work all day

Sleep on the ground

Hard

Chorus

Rocky and bumpy

Dirt and the rust

We got nothing but the highway

Nothing but the grit

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Bridge

Simple days

Simple nights

Simple ways

I don't need the silver

I don't need the gold

I don't need the lace

Just a place to rest my head

Just a place to find my bread

Just a place to call my own

Chorus

Rocky and bumpy

Dirt and the rust

We got nothing but the highway

Nothing but the grit

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Nothing but the dust

Outro

Keep rolling

Down the rut

Rolling home

Rolling slow

Slowly

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