Love You More Than the Miles (remix)

Daddy says, “Girl, you’ll always lose…”

I say, “Just wait, I’ll prove…”

Who loves who more…

(slow steel guitar slides under a smoky trumpet)

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Down in Cullman, Alabama nights

Crickets sing beneath porch lights

Daddy’s hands got diesel stains

Hard-earned living and years of pain

Coffee cups and a Seabee past

Built tough enough to always last

Cancer came but he stood his ground

Like old oak roots in Alabama towns

He drove those highways night to dawn

Even when the hurting lingered on

And every mile he rolled alone

Was just another mile bringing family home

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She got that fire from her old man’s side

Too much heart and too much pride

Every time she says, “I love you most”

I laugh and tell her, “Girl, you’re close”

Cullman county raised us rough

Backroads taught us being tough

And if I’ve done one thing right somehow

It’s loving my family here and now

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We ain’t polished, ain’t high class

Just muddy boots and old truck tracks

But blood runs deep through all these years

Through every laugh and every tear

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Here’s to Scott with the weathered soul

Built this family on grit alone

Cancer tried but it couldn’t win

Too much fight underneath his skin

And Dustin climbed from the darkest nights

Now welding sparks are his neon lights

Turned old pain into honest work

Found redemption underneath the dirt

Nick’s out west where the cold wind blows

Durango skies and mountain roads

But he’s still my brother and my best friend

The kind of bond that’ll never end

Yeah we’re loud, rough, stubborn as hell

Straight outta Cullman where the red clay dwells

And if Heaven asked what home sounds like—

It’s country songs and late-night fights

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Dustin used to chase the wrong kind of flame

Trying to outrun hurt and shame

Mama cried while Daddy prayed

Beggin’ God not to let him fade

Now he’s striking steel at break of dawn

Country radio singin’ along

Burn scars, steady hands, head held high

Proof even broken souls survive

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Nick always had that protective side

Blue lights flash while he’s out ridin’

Colorado snow and mountain rain

But Alabama still runs through his veins

And every time that phone line rings

He still sounds like home to me

Still my buddy from younger days

Just wearin’ a badge now instead of camouflage

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(upright bass and steel guitar)

Female:

We weren’t raised on silver spoons

Just bonfires lighting up June

Catfish fries and Friday nights

Holdin’ each other through hard times

Male:

And I know someday these roads will end

But if I could live my life again

I’d still choose every mile we drove

Every “love you more” we ever told

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You taught me strength…

You taught me grace…

You gave this family a steady place…

From Cullman fields to Colorado snow…

No matter where life takes us…

Home’s wherever we all are close…

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