[Verse 1]
Sun pops up on the waterline
Boots hit deck
It’s coffee strong
Got a keyboard where a rifle goes
Still part of the fight all day long
Green screen glow in a steel gray room
Camo top
Government broom
I’m the guy they call when the net goes down
Out here on a floating town
[Chorus]
My neck is red but my collar is blue
Typing in the belly of a warship crew
Got grease on my hands and a login too
Fixing what they break
Yeah
That’s what I do
From the farm to the fleet
I came on through
My neck is red but my collar is blue
[Verse 2]
Patch that line
Trace that wire
Late night watch
Eyes on fire
Satellite singing
Storms roll in
If the link goes dark
We start again
Miss home roads and a two-lane bar
But I talk through fiber
Postcard stars
Mama says
“Boy
I’m proud of you”
Even if she don’t know what I do
[Chorus]
My neck is red but my collar is blue
Typing in the belly of a warship crew
Got grease on my hands and a login too
Fixing what they break
Yeah
That’s what I do
From a dirt road dream to an ocean view
My neck is red but my collar is blue
[Bridge]
Dress whites pressed
But my jeans still fade (oh yeah)
Small-town heart in a big steel wave
I ain’t on the news
But I stand that watch
Keeping every word that we send unlocked
[Chorus]
My neck is red but my collar is blue
Typing in the belly of a warship crew
Got grease on my hands and a login too
Fixing what they break
Yeah
That’s what I do
When the dawn flag flies and the sky turns true
I raise my hand
Yeah
I stand with you
From the cornfields straight to the Navy blue
My neck is red but my collar is blue