[Verse 1]
Dust in my teeth
Boot caught the rail
Next thing I know
I'm midair, I fail
Hit that red dirt
Heard the crowd gasp
All I could taste
Was metal and grass
[Verse 2]
Med tent buzzing
“Can you move your hands?”
I just blinked twice
Said “I still got plans”
Then he pushed through
Jaw set, eyes wide
Dark hair falling
Hat tucked to his side
[Chorus]
Now my blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Got his arms crossed tight like a barbed‑wire fence
Says I'm riding colts like a crazy wild fighter
Keeps hovering close, asking where it hurts
I just scraped my pride and a little of my shirt
But he’s acting like I broke every bone inside
My blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Turned tender, turned tangled in my wild ride
[Verse 3]
He said “Sit still
You’re shaking, see?”
I said “That’s just
You too close to me” (mm‑hmm)
He pulled my boot off
Hands rough, so kind
Muttered “That bronc
Ain’t touchin’ you next time”
[Chorus]
Now my blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Got his name on his vest and my heart in his hands
Keeps saying I should wait till the ground’s much drier
Like he’s not the one chasing storms in the chutes and sand
I just bruised my tail and a little of my pride
But he’s talking like I almost up and died
My blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Got careful, got caught in my wild ride
[Bridge]
He rides eight seconds
I ride all day
We both chose danger
In our own way
But now when I tighten
My rigging to climb
He just sighs “Alright”
And stands on my side
[Chorus]
‘Cause my blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Leans in soft, says “Text me when you’re done”
Thinks he hides that fear under calm, cold cider
But his thumb on my cheek gives his worry away, hun
Yeah I’ll take the fall if it means he’s near
Trading a little blood for a whole lot clear
My blue‑eyed, dark‑haired, quiet bull rider
Got my heart roped in on this wild ride