Keep On Walkin'

[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold
Boots by the door
Sun crawls up
Same as before
Hands feel heavy
Like they’re made of stone
But my name’s on this day
So I claim it as my own
[Chorus]
I gotta keep on walkin'
Even when the road runs thin
Gotta keep on knockin'
'Til somebody lets me in
This heart’s been cracked and crooked
But it’s still keepin' time
So I’ll keep on walkin'
Down this busted-up line
[Verse 2]
Bills on the table
Voices in my head
Say “boy
You’re runnin’ in circles
Might as well stay in bed”
But I’ve been low before
Lower than the floorboards creak
Still I stood back up
On these shaky feet
[Chorus]
I gotta keep on walkin'
Even when the road runs thin
Gotta keep on knockin'
'Til somebody lets me in
This heart’s been cracked and crooked
But it’s still keepin' time
So I’ll keep on walkin'
Down this busted-up line
[Bridge]
Every scar on my skin
Is a mile I survived
Every tear I was drownin' in
Means I made it out alive
If all I can do today
Is take one small step
That’s one more step
This darkness ain’t got yet (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
I gotta keep on walkin'
Even when the road runs thin
Gotta keep on knockin'
'Til somebody lets me in
This heart’s been cracked and crooked
But it’s still keepin' time
So I’ll keep on walkin'
Down this busted-up line

folk, Dusty front-porch blues with creaky acoustic guitar, slow 6/8 sway, male vocals worn and close like an old vinyl transfer; thumbed bass notes and sparse slide licks leave space for the voice, with a gentle harmonica shadowing the turnarounds and a late-song lift where extra guitar layers and quiet humming backings swell the final chorus before fading back to a lone guitar, slow, acoustic, motivating, blues