Boots And Rust

Mud on my boots, blood on my cuffs

Five a.m. on County Road dust

Your goodbye left a dent in the gate

I still hear it when the hinges shake

You took your ring off by the sink

Left it cold by the coffee stain

Now the barn dog won't come near

He feels the break in the air

I been jawin' with the moon

I been countin' every wrong

If I go down, I go down

Singing this old hard song

Boots and rust, boots and rust

I won't bow, I won't rust

Boots and rust, boots and rust

You broke the man, not the dust

Tailgate down, fence wire bent

Your name carved in the cedar plank

Mama said some wounds don't show

Till the winter makes 'em talk

I got a work shirt full of sparks

And a heart that still won't quit

Every scar learns how to shine

When I shake the grit off it

I been jawin' with the moon

I been countin' every wrong

If I go down, I go down

Singing this old hard song

Boots and rust, boots and rust

I won't bow, I won't rust

Boots and rust, boots and rust

You broke the man, not the dust

Let the whole damn ridge hear me

Let the crows lift off the wire

I'm a hard road, I'm a hammer

I'm the smoke before the fire

Boots and rust, boots and rust

I won't bow, I won't rust

Boots and rust, boots and rust

You broke the man, not the dust

Boots and rust, boots and rust

I still stand in what I've lost