Long Roads & Healing Hands

Soft tires on gravel, sunrise in my eyes

Diesel humming low like a Sunday choir

Lord knows these miles ain’t always kind

But her love keeps peace in my mind

I’m rolling water down these backroad lines

Steel tank shining in the morning light

Mud on my boots, hands worn and cracked

Breaking my back just to bring it back

She’s walking halls where the lights stay low

Holding hands that forget what they know

Calling sweet names to wandering minds

Giving them peace, one soul at a time

We both work long till the night runs dry

Two tired hearts but we still try

Prayin’ someday we won’t be alone

Just building a life to call our own

Girl, I just wanna love you right

Hold you close when we get home at night

After all them hours, all that strain

Wash your worries off like rain

I wanna make love slow and true

Thank the Lord for giving me you

Put a ring on your hand, say “I do”

Build a life God meant us to

You smell like soap and a healing room

Like mercy walking through the gloom

You tell me stories ’bout the ones you care

How they smile when you brush their hair

I tell you ‘bout mud and frozen steel

Long dark nights behind the wheel

But when you laugh, Lord, I swear it’s grace

Like heaven shining on your face

We both carry heavy loads

Yours in hearts, mine on these roads

But when I kneel down and pray at night

I thank the Lord you’re in my life

Girl, I just wanna love you right

Hold you close when we get home at night

After all them hours, all that strain

Wash your worries off like rain

I wanna make love slow and true

Thank the Lord for giving me you

Put a ring on your hand, say “I do”

Build a life God meant us to

One day I’ll trade these muddy boots

For a black suit standing next to you

Church bells ringing, choir singing loud

Mama crying in the crowd

We’ll bow our heads and thank the King

For every mile and everything

All the nights we stayed so strong

God was writing our love song

Girl, I just wanna love you right

Through the long days and sleepless nights

From oilfield roads to hospital halls

We stand together through it all

I’ll drive these miles till my work is through

Just to come back home to you

Say your name in wedding light

Forever yours, my heart, my wife