[Verse 1]
I woke with grit on my face
Barn door bent in the wind
Your name stuck to my shirt
Like smoke from a bad old sin
I seen that world go hungry
I seen it chew on men
So I keep my chin low
And I keep my hand on ten
[Pre-Chorus]
When the moon goes thin
And the hounds get loud
I hear my own boots
Kick the cold ground out
[Chorus]
I got the rust in my boots
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)
I keep walking through
I keep walking through
I got the rust in my boots
And I don't bow down to you
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)
[Verse 2]
Crows on the fence line
Black as burned-out coal
Daddy taught me early
How to guard my soul
There's a red mark on my knuckles
From the last hard turn
I don't trust sweet promises
I trust what scars can learn
[Pre-Chorus]
When the moon goes thin
And the hounds get loud
I hear my own boots
Kick the cold ground out
[Chorus]
I got the rust in my boots
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)
I keep walking through
I keep walking through
I got the rust in my boots
And I don't bow down to you
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)
[Bridge]
Let the dark come closer
Let it test my name
I've been down in the ditch line
I've been forged by flame
If I fall, I fall runnin'
If I rise, you know why
There's a hard-eyed hunger
Burning in my mind
[Chorus]
I got the rust in my boots
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)
I keep walking through
I keep walking through
I got the rust in my boots
And I don't bow down to you
I got the rust in my boots (rust in my boots)