Hitchins in My Heart

Verse 1

Morning, sun barely rising

Bag in my hand, feet steady, head bowed

Joe Isaac on the tracks, summer sweat, endless rails

Stove smoke, bacon grease, biscuits served

Miles and mud, boots broken down hard

Shadows crawl across a hollow

Each step to Hitchins, I pray

Just one word, home

Chorus

Hitchins in my heart, Kentucky hills

I haul hope home, every weekend

Bills and burdens carried on iron wheels

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Post-Chorus

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Verse 2

She waits, tending turnips, rows right and long

Her hands sow and save for freezing months

Canning jars stacked neat, summer-caught, sharp with sweat

Children hush around the supper fire

Not much money, but laughter deep, old floorboards

Joe leaves again, sky steel-gray, snow swirling down

Papered windows, patched dreams, faith slow and strong

Just one truth, home

Chorus

Hitchins in my heart, Kentucky hills

I haul hope home, every weekend

Bills and burdens carried on iron wheels

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Post-Chorus

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Bridge

Hills hold us, hard times test us, hunger humbles

Riding rails, roaring sorrow, still I return

Always returning, always reaching, always remembering

Verse 3

Bluegrass in my bones, voices rise at dusk

Family singing, neighbors near, gospel harmonies

Joe Isaac, though weary, walks that mile

One word on my lips, home

Chorus

Hitchins in my heart, Kentucky hills

I haul hope home, every weekend

Bills and burdens carried on iron wheels

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Post-Chorus

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

Outro

We lived, we loved, up in those hills

We lived, we loved, up in those hills