[Intro] Sun came up, and the day came mean Same old dirt, same crease in the seam [Verse 1] Sun came up He had that rope in his hand Dust in my teeth And my knees in the sand Called me by nothing Wouldn't even use my name Said "Boy Keep picking" Like my sweat was his to claim [Chorus] The man got me down Whipped me in the fields Back bent Heart spent Praying time can heal But these scars talk loud Every welt I feel The man got me down Whipped me in the fields [Verse 2] Hands like gravel Cracked open Raw and red Counting every row Just to stay inside my head Dreamt of a cabin With a door I could close Woke to his shadow And the dust up my nose [Verse 3] Every swing of that strap A lesson in pain Told me I was worthless Again and again But my spirit ain't broken Just buried way deep A seed in the darkness A secret I keep [Verse 4] He watched for my weakness For a sign I might crack But I learned to hold steady Never daring to look back My eyes on the horizon Where the fence line gets thin Imagined a moment When my real life could begin [Verse 5] The sun baked the ground Made the air heavy and thick Every breath was a struggle Every movement a click Of a lock on my freedom He thought he controlled But my mind was a river Too wild to be sold [Verse 6] He’d leave us at dusk With the stars coming out I’d trace maps in the dirt Whisper plans in a shout That only the crickets And the wind would then hear Building a future Year after brutal year [Solo Break] (Guitar solo with a mournful, bluesy feel) [Chorus] The man got me down Whipped me in the fields Back bent Heart spent Praying time can heal But these scars talk loud Every welt I feel The man got me down Whipped me in the fields [Bridge] One day that sky Gonna break Gonna split Chain gonna rust Where his boots once hit I keep that hope Like a stone I conceal In the cut of my palm Where his leather can't steal [Chorus] The man got me down Whipped me in the fields Back bent Heart spent Praying time can heal But I still stand up On these shaking heels The man got me down But I walk from these fields (yeah) [Outro] Sun went down But I’m still in one piece Dust on my boots And the road under me He can keep that field I’m gone with the wind Sun came up once I won’t let it in again
