[Intro – Church-style humming]
(soft choir humming)
“Mmmm… Hallelujah…”
(steel guitar cries out)
Female (soft):
Daddy says, “Girl, you’ll never win…”
Male (chuckling):
“Been lovin’ you longer than you’ve been livin’…”
(full band kicks in hard)
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[Verse 1 – Female]
Down in Cullman, Alabama clay
We were raised on work and Sunday praise
Daddy’s hands smelled like diesel smoke
Grease-stained jeans and hard-earned hope
Navy Seabee, built tough as nails
Weathered storms and cancer trails
Still drove those eighteen wheels at night
With a Bible on the dash and faith held tight
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[Verse 1B – Male]
She got her stubborn from this old heart
Lord knows she’s been that way from the start
Every time she says, “I love you most”
I grin and tell her, “Girl, you’re close”
There ain’t no easy in a working man’s life
Just long black roads and sacrifice
But Jesus knows every mile I drove
Trying to give my family a better road
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[Pre-Chorus – Together with choir]
We ain’t rich in money
But rich in grace
A whole lotta scars
And amazing faith
Through every hard road
And every trial
God held this family
The whole damn while
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[BIG CHORUS – Full harmony]
So raise a hand for Scott tonight
A cancer survivor still built to fight
Seabee blood and a truck stop soul
Still carrying this family down broken roads
And Dustin climbed from the gates of hell
Now welding sparks ring like church house bells
God pulled him out when he lost his way
Now redemption burns where pain once stayed
Nick’s out west where the mountains stand
Serving the law with a steady hand
But he’s still my brother and my best friend
And blood like ours don’t ever end
Yeah we’re loud, rough, southern raised
Red dirt hearts and amazing grace
And if Heaven’s choir sounds anything like this
It’s country pain wrapped in a gospel kiss
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[Verse 2 – Female]
Dustin used to walk through darker nights
Running from hurt and neon lights
Mama cried while Daddy prayed
Beggin’ Heaven not to let him fade
Now he’s striking steel at break of dawn
With old Hank Jr. playing on
A hard-earned man with callused hands
Proof God rebuilds what the devil damned
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[Verse 2B – Male]
Nick always had that protect-and-serve soul
Even as a kid, everybody knew
Now blue lights shine through Colorado snow
But Cullman’s still the place he calls home
And every time that badge gets heavy
I pray the Lord keeps his aim steady
Cause the world gets cold when the night runs long
But family and faith keep a man strong
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[Bridge – Gospel Breakdown]
(music drops to organ, stomp-clap rhythm, choir rises)
Female:
There were nights we didn’t know if we’d make it…
Male:
But grace showed up before we could break…
Female:
Through hospital halls…
Male:
And empty wallets…
Together:
God never let these roots come undone…
(choir echoes: “Never undone…”)
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[Hard Country Solo Section]
(roaring steel guitar + southern rock electric guitar)
Male shouting:
“THIS ONE’S FOR THE BLUE-COLLAR BLOOD!”
Female:
“For the daddies who neve
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