Steel and Smoke

I was born where the blacktop ends

Dusty boots and a restless wind

Mama prayed, Daddy drank

I learned young how to walk that plank

Six strings and a beat-up Ford

Chasing dreams I couldn’t afford

Neon nights and motel signs

Writing songs between the lines

I’m made of steel and smoke

Burning bridges just to cope

Heart of fire, soul of stone

Riding rails that lead me home

Can’t break me, don’t you try

I’m the storm behind these eyes

Living fast, dying slow

I’m made of steel and smoke

Barroom brawls and midnight calls

Scars that tell of rises and falls

Whiskey truths and alibi lies

Under these wide-open skies

She left a note on the dresser drawer

Said she couldn’t take it anymore

But freedom’s price is paid in pain

And I’d do it all again

I’m made of steel and smoke

Burning bridges just to cope

Heart of fire, soul of stone

Riding rails that lead me home

Can’t break me, don’t you try

I’m the storm behind these eyes

Living fast, dying slow

I’m made of steel and smoke

Every mile, a memory burned

Every lesson hard-earned

But I keep rolling down this road

Carrying my heavy load 

I’m made of steel and smoke

Burning bridges just to cope

Heart of fire, soul of stone

Riding rails that lead me home

Can’t break me, don’t you try

I’m the storm behind these eyes

Living fast, dying slow

I’m made of steel and smoke