. Title Idea: Dirt and Steel (Forever Country) (Male: Deep, gravelly tone / Female: Powerful, soulful belt) Verse 1 (Male) These old boots have walked a thousand miles of stone Past the farmhouse gate where the cold wind groaned Got a faded pair of denim and a silver buckle shine Just a son of the soil on the county line (Female) From the crease in my Stetson to the dust on my heels I don't need a map to know how freedom feels From the blood in the barn to the sweat in the rows This is the only life a wild heart knows Chorus (Both - Harmony, Big and Powerful) 'Cause we are all country from the roots to the bone! From the red-clay valleys to the mountains of stone From the crown of our hats to the soles of our boots We are anchored deep in these American roots Forever country, through the fire and the streams! Verse 2 (Female) There’s a porch light cutting through the midnight black Where the engine idles on a silverback track By the weathered wooden barn where the history bleeds We're planting our truth in the concrete and seeds (Male) From the grit in my stride to the calloused-up hand We don't just live here, we defend this land From the barns to the ranchlands, we carry the weight Standing our ground at the property gate Chorus (Both - Harmony) 'Cause we are all country from the roots to the bone! From the red-clay valleys to the mountains of stone From the crown of our hats to the soles of our boots We are anchored deep in these American roots Forever country, through the fire and the streams! Bridge (Male - Low and intense) Let the storms roll in, let the hard times test (Female - Rising power) We got iron in our blood and a fire in our chest (Both - Belting) You can't break what's built on this sacred ground! Outro (Male) From the farmyard gate... (Female) To the midnight sky... (Both) We live this pride until the day we die. (Male) Forever country. (Female) Yeah, it's our fate. (Both) From the fields to the beams. Period.
