Backroad Rooster

[Spoken Intro] Yeah… I ain't what you'd call a hero… Just a man who didn't quit… [Verse 1] I got calluses from guitar strings… and scars from barroom floors… Flew too close to the flame a time or two… kicked a few too many doors… They want a pretty boy in tight blue jeans… with a perfect last name… But I showed up with busted knuckles… and a heart with no shame… I ain't made of iron when the lights go out… I hurt and heal like the rest… But I'll stand in the storm and take the hit… and I’ll speak to get it off my chest… [Pre-Chorus] You can shake the man… but you can't shake the roots… You can steal my spotlight… but you can't fill these boots… [Chorus] I'm a little bit thunder… a little bit rust… A little bit "hell no, gotta earn my trust!" I'm a midnight motor with a worn-out key… You can't chain a lion that’s born to run free! Yeah, I'm dust and dynamite… fading but I’ll still ignite… You can't blind me with your bright city lights… I'm a backroad rooster singin’ through the night! [Verse 2] My old man wore a uniform… through a war nobody cheered… Came home quiet, drank his coffee black… and carried all those years… I got his hands, I got his temper… and a folded flag nearby… When somebody asks what built this man… I just point toward the sky… I've been the one they leaned upon… when the walls came crashing in… And I've been the one they pointed at… when the whole thing wore thin… [Pre-Chorus] You can twist the story… but you can't bend steel… You can hide the wounds… but you can't hide what’s real… [Chorus] I'm a little bit thunder… a little bit rust… A little bit "hell no, gotta earn my trust!" I'm a midnight motor with a worn-out key… You can't chain a lion that’s born to run free! Yeah, I'm dust and dynamite… fading but I’ll still ignite… You can't blind me with your bright city lights… I'm a backroad rooster singin’ through the night! [Bridge] I got a mansion made of memories… and a truck that's paid in full… I learned the hard way happiness ain't something you can pull… From a paycheck or a bottle… or a name carved in a door… It's the ones who stay beside you… when you ain't worth stayin’ for… [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] I'm a little bit thunder… a little bit gone… A little bit "watch me prove you wrong!" I'm a highway shadow with a heart that beats… Still standing barefoot on these broken city streets! Yeah, I'm dust and dynamite… fading but I’ll still ignite… You can't blind me with your bright city lights… I'm a backroad rooster singin’ through the night! [Outro] They said it would get easier… maybe they were wrong… Im standin’ right here… and still standin’ strong… [Long pause] Ain't that somethin’…