[Intro — spoken over guitar] Dust on the boots. Engine ticking down. [Verse 1] The coffee's black and the sky's still mean Truck don't turn over nice Rust on the latch and mud on the jeans Day don't care what it costs in price I swing that hammer 'til the palms go raw Shoulders smoking, breath like steam Every board I set, every bolt I draw Is a vow I don't have to say out loud [Pre-Chorus] Don't need a speech, don't need a crown I need the porch light cutting through Whatever I was in this town I was always coming back to you [Chorus] Come home heavy, come home true Mud on my boots and a hunger for you I broke my back on the steel and the stone Came back a man with a house of our own Come home heavy, let the night come in Your name in my mouth like a prayer I said They can keep their gold and their cheap applause I come home yours — that's the only law [Verse 2] Sun falls red on the ridge like blood I wash the diesel off my skin Dirt in the map of these working hands And your name still living in this man Boots hit the boards hard at the door You don't need pretty — you need true I come home heavy from a world that takes And I lay that weight on you [Pre-Chorus] Don't need a speech, don't need a crown I need the porch light cutting through Whatever I was in this town I was always coming back to you [Chorus] Come home heavy, come home true Mud on my boots and a hunger for you I broke my back on the steel and the stone Came back a man with a house of our own Come home heavy, let the night come in Your name in my mouth like a prayer I said They can keep their gold and their cheap applause I come home yours — that's the only law [Bridge] Lay your hand on the split in my knuckle Feel the work still humming in the bone I ain't pretty when the day gets ugly But I never learned to come home alone If all I got is this body and a promise That's enough to put the dark to bed You take the weight I couldn't swallow I take the night you left unsaid [Final Chorus] Come home heavy, come home true Mud on my boots and a hunger for you I broke my back on the steel and the stone Came back a man with a house of our own Come home heavy, let the night come in Your name in my mouth like a prayer I said They can keep their gold and their cheap applause I come home yours — that's the only law Come home heavy — I lay that weight on you [Outro — spoken] Come home heavy. Stay that way.
