Intro
I grew up on dust, diesel, and long miles—
Where everything you keep, you earn,
And everything you love, you fight for.
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Verse 1
Mama said life ain’t handing out grace,
You find your mercy in the lines on your face.
Daddy had scars he never explained,
Just said pain’ll teach you faster than blame.
And those backroad nights, those busted-up dreams,
Built a fire in my chest that still burns clean.
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Hook (Chorus)
My heart was raised on hard roads,
On cracked asphalt and stories nobody told.
On promises breaking and learning to be bold,
On leaving too young and coming back old.
Yeah, the miles made me tough, but they made me true—
My heart was raised on hard roads…
And that’s how it found you.
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Verse 2
I’ve loved and lost more times than I’ll say,
Ran from the things I needed to stay.
But somehow you saw through the dust in my veins,
Touched the part of me that still remembers my name.
You didn’t try to fix what I couldn’t repair,
You just met me halfway and left the rest in the air.
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Hook (Chorus)
My heart was raised on hard roads,
On cracked asphalt and stories nobody told.
On promises breaking and learning to be bold,
On leaving too young and coming back old.
Yeah, the miles made me tough, but they made me true—
My heart was raised on hard roads…
And that’s how it found you.
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Bridge (Short, emotional)
Every heartbreak, every wrong turn I chose—
They were leading me here,
To the one place that finally feels like home.
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Final Hook (Chorus + Outro)
My heart was raised on hard roads,
But it’s soft with you in ways it’s never showed.
And maybe I’m rough, and maybe I’m flawed,
But loving you’s the first time I thanked God.
Yeah, the miles made me wild, but they made me true—
My heart was raised on hard roads…
So it could walk straight to you.
Fade with acoustic slide guitar.
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