[Verse 1]
Met you boys back in high school hallways
Letter jackets, dust on our jeans
Teacher said we'd never leave this town
Guess we proved what “never” means
Rusty truck, thirty miles past the blacktop
Chasing trouble more than dreams
Cut our teeth on busted knuckles
That’s the birth of Broke Knees
[Chorus]
We’re broke knees, broke trucks, broke hearts laughing
Mud on the tires, yeah we keep on crashing
Ten years deep and we’re still that wild
Same dumb jokes, same crooked smiles
From the back of the class to these backroad scenes
Ain’t much changed
We’re still Broke Knees
[Verse 2]
Weekend hits, load the rigs and the rifles
Hit the trails where the wild things hide
Kickin’ rocks where the old creek twists
Swear there’s gold on the other side
Sun burns red on our necks by sundown
Empty shells and empty cans
Digging holes like we’re striking fortune
But we already got it in our hands
[Chorus]
We’re broke knees, broke trucks, broke hearts laughing
Mud on the tires, yeah we keep on crashing
Ten years deep and we’re still that wild
Same dumb jokes, same crooked smiles
From the back of the class to these backroad scenes
Ain’t much changed
We’re still Broke Knees
[Bridge]
Some folks trade their friends for fortunes
Some forget where they came from
We just trade tall tales ‘round the fire
And pray these busted legs still run (hey!)
[Chorus]
We’re broke knees, broke trucks, broke hearts laughing
Mud on the tires, yeah we keep on crashing
Ten years deep and we’re still that wild
Same dumb jokes, same crooked smiles
From the lockers and halls to these midnight streams
Ain’t much changed
We’re still Broke Knees
Yeah, all our lives
We’ll be Broke Knees