[Verse 1]
Up at dawn
Coffee cold
Keys on the counter
Phone on hold
Steel-toe boots
Stomp that floor
Punch in, clock clicks
Same old door
But this ain’t retail
This is chrome and scars
Oil-stained Bible
Under hanging bars
Sold my sleep
For the sound of chains
Every drain pan gospel
Washing off pain
[Chorus]
Blessed in the back of the bay
Grease under my nails like grace
Thought I’d die in a dead-end town
Now the loudest prayers shake the ground
Dream come true
In a stained blue shirt
Every busted bolt
Every burned hand hurt
But I thank my luck
Every time it spins
I was lost outside
Now the roaring lives within
[Verse 2]
Service lane full
Of the broken and brave
Mileage on the dash
Stories in the waves
You hear that tick?
Yeah, I hear that fear
Folks bring ghosts
We bring ‘em here
Torque that past
Till the threads run true
Your old man’s bike
Gets a second view
Cracked black knuckles
Wiping down that frame
Name tag crooked
But they know my name
[Chorus]
Blessed in the back of the bay
Grease under my nails like grace
Thought I’d die in a dead-end town
Now the loudest prayers shake the ground
Dream come true
In a stained blue shirt
Every busted bolt
Every burned hand hurt
But I thank my luck
Every time it spins
I was lost outside
Now the roaring lives within
[Bridge]
Yeah, they said “get real”
“Find a safer plan” (ha)
But I found my church
In the service stand
Rats in the rafters
Rain in the crack
Still I walk in grinning
‘Cause I got my pack
Dark days, deep doubts
Nearly walked away
Then a kid saw sparks
Said “I want this someday”
[Chorus]
Blessed in the back of the bay
Grease under my nails like grace
Thought I’d die in a dead-end town
Now the loudest prayers shake the ground
Dream come true
In a stained blue shirt
Every busted bolt
Every burned hand hurt
But I thank my luck
Every time it spins
I was lost outside
Now the roaring lives within
[Outro]
Clock hits out
But I stay a bit
Hands on steel
Just letting it sit
This ain’t a job
This saved my soul
Dark ride, hard life
But it made me whole