Track · May 31, 2026 · English

Boots By The Door

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4:58

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I still see you in the yard

Bare feet, blue ball cap

Then I blink and there you are

Way taller than that

Your mama says you’re growing fast

I nod like I knew

But in my head you’re still ten

And waiting on me too

[Pre-Chorus]

I missed first steps and first days

I missed a lot of time

Three times over there and back

Still lost in my mind

[Chorus]

You’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

You’re too grown, too grown

For the kid I still see

I came back home

With a heart half gone

But you’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

[Verse 2]

There’s a dent in the screen door

From your little red truck

Now you drive it down the lane

And I can’t keep up

Your sister’s got your smile

Your brother’s got your stance

And I catch myself reaching out

For a little hand

[Pre-Chorus]

I learned how to sleep with dust

And wake up to a dawn

But I can’t learn how to make

The years I missed move on

[Chorus]

You’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

You’re too grown, too grown

For the kid I still see

I came back home

With a heart half gone

But you’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

[Bridge]

I got three sets of orders

And one old scar to show

But the hardest thing I carried

Was watching you all grow

I’d trade every mile

Every night I was away

Just to hear you laugh at seven

One more time today

[Chorus]

You’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

You’re too grown, too grown

For the kid I still see

I came back home

With a heart half gone

But you’re too old, too old

To be this small to me

Style

country ballad with a slow two-step pulse and brushed drums; verse rides on picked acousticupright bassand pedal steelpre-chorus opens with suspended chords and a soft kickchorus swells with harmony stacks and a weeping fiddle answer. male vocalsclose-mic and wornwith doubled hook lines and a few raw ad-lib breaths. ear candy: tape hissfret squeaksand a low reverse swell into each chorus. warmsepia-toned mixintimate and aching.countrysad

Prompt

Sad country style of a father feeling like his kids shouldn’t be this old yet he’s been deployed three times and still seems them younger than what they are

Credits

Prompt byAcousticSpirit497

GeneratedMay 31, 2026

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