Lipstick on a Lumberjack

[Intro] [detuned upright piano, vinyl hiss, slow bass crawl] History checking in… Powder pink sawdust On a flannel sleeve Lipstick on a lumberjack Rose-red stain on a paper mask Steel toe boots and a skin-care ad Daddy swung fists Son learned hashtags Grandpa drank smoke out behind the shed Never said “sorry” till the hospital bed Now boys cry ring-lit tears online Monetized pain in real time Protein powder by the sink Antidepressants next to creatine drink Everybody flexing through the ache Nobody sure what’s real or fake Soft boys Hard girls Everybody draggin inherited worlds Mom worked doubles Dad disappeared Now the whole damn culture feels understeered Lipstick on a lumberjack High heels hanging by a gun rack Strong women carrying tired men History checking in again Blue collar blush Mascara and mud Tender hearts under pressure cuffs Whole damn country caught between Beauty routines and survival dreams Lipstick on a lumberjack Gym mirror prophet selling alpha rage Twenty bucks monthly to feel less afraid Podcast gods with nicotine laughs Teaching young boys how to reenact dads Girls with ambition sharp as glass Burnout hidden beneath first class CEO eyeliner caffeine grin Holding the walls from caving in Everybody tired Everybody posed Everybody trying on another set of clothes Who taught tenderness to apologize? Who taught anger to monetize? Who taught boys they were obsolete? Who taught girls never miss a beat? History checking in… Truck stop saint in acrylic nails Biker queen with a vape cloud halo Football kid with anxiety hands Cheer captain paying all the plans Old ideas still creak at night Like porch swings under Walmart lights Nobody fully fits the mold But everybody scared to let it go Lipstick on a lumberjack Heart attack under a Carhartt patch Strong women carrying rusted dreams Soft men swallowing gasoline Still dancing slow to the culture crash Still taking selfies through the ash History checking in again Lipstick on a lumberjack