The Dirt Where We Tread

Verse 1)

The old screen door still has that rusty squeak

The front porch swing has stories it can speak

Grandpa's hands were calloused, hard as stone

He built these walls and made this house a home

Now the highway bypasses our little town

But it can't tear our deep traditions down

We raise our flags and clear the static screen

Remembering exactly what these old ways mean

Chorus

So give me a dirt road where the corn grows tall

And a porch light shining when the shadows fall

Pass down the stories from the chinaberry tree

About the blood and sweat in our family tree

The world moves fast, leaving dust in its wake

But we've got a bond that time can't break

I'm standing up proud for the place I'm from

Living out the life that has only just begun

Verse 2

A folded flag sits on the mantelpiece

Beside the portrait of my Uncle Reese

Just nineteen years old when he went overseas

To guard the freedom of our fields and trees

He marched in boots that secured this land

And passed the torch straight into our hand

We honor the brave and the price they paid

By standing strong in the home they made

Chorus

Yeah, give me a dirt road where the corn grows tall

And a porch light shining when the shadows fall

Pass down the stories from the chinaberry tree

About the blood and sweat in our family tree

The world moves fast, leaving dust in its wake

But we've got a bond that time can't break

I'm standing up proud for the place I'm from

Living out the life that has only just begun

Bridge

It's deep in the soil, it's a part of my name

The world keeps on shifting, but we stay the same

No amount of progress can ever erase

The pride and the glory of this sacred place

(Guitar Solo - Driving, energetic, and triumphant)

Chorus

So give me a dirt road where the corn grows tall

And a porch light shining when the shadows fall

Pass down the stories from the chinaberry tree

About the blood and sweat in our family tree

The world moves fast, leaving dust in its wake

But we've got a bond that time can't break

I'm standing up proud for the place I'm from

Living out the life that has only just begun

Outro

It's alive in our hearts, in the red, white, and blue

Right here where I'm from, we are standing and true

That good old way of life that they thought was dead

Is ringing out loud in the dirt where we tread