Texas Bluebonnets

Texas Bluebonnets

(Acoustic / Fingerpicked / Poetic, slow roll)

Verse 1

I’ve crossed a lot of lines in a diesel hum

From Tennessee red clay to the western sun

Haulin’ cattle, horses, half-broke bulls

Anything that’d pay, anything that’d pull

Oklahoma nights, Mississippi rain

Alabama dust in the windowpane

Louisiana heat, Kentucky cold

Chasin’ miles ‘fore I ever chased gold

Two dogs ridin’ shotgun, tailgate dust

Blue heeler eyes and a border collie’s trust

They knew the sound of a gate unlatch

And how to read a cow by the way she’d stand

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Verse 2

I met good men with worn-down hands

Who talked real slow ‘cause they understood plans

They didn’t say much, but they said enough

‘Bout showin’ up, doin’ right, and stayin’ tough

I learned you don’t rush honest work

You don’t bluff cattle, roads, or hurt

You keep your word and you keep your faith

And let time decide the rest of your fate

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Pre-Chorus (quiet, reflective)

But every road has a place it turns

From movin’ fast to slow concern

Every heart’s got a moment when

It finally breathes again

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Chorus (warm, emotional, comforting)

Texas bluebonnets rollin’ by

Like heaven spilled across the side

Of a two-lane road, April wide

Soft as mercy on tired eyes

They don’t shout, they don’t explain

They just bloom in the sun and rain

Sayin’ Jesus is still at work

Even on days I’m hurt

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Verse 3

The first time I crossed that Texas line

It felt like somethin’ fell in place

Like the weight I carried all that time

Had somewhere it could safely lay

Big sky stretchin’ over me

Wide enough to let a man be

Small enough to make you pray

For all you don’t understand today

I’d slow the truck, crack the window wide

Let the quiet rush inside

And for a mile or two, I’d just be still

Let the road do what it will

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Pre-Chorus 2 (build slightly)

If the world feels heavy on your chest

If you’re runnin’ hard and need some rest

There’s truth in things that don’t demand

Just wait for you to understand

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Chorus (bigger, heart-home)

Texas bluebonnets, calm and kind

Growin’ where the ground is fine

And where it’s broke and hard to stand

They don’t care, they just expand

They tell me grace don’t need a sign

And love don’t always fix on time

It just shows up, wild and true

Like God knew I’d need it too

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Bridge (almost spoken)

Maybe that’s why they mean so much

They don’t belong to any one of us

Just a reminder along the way

That beauty’s still here, come what may

That no matter how far I roam

Or how long I’m gone from home

I’m never really drivin’ alone

Not in this world He’s sown

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Final Chorus / Outro (soft, reflective)

So I keep haulin’ what I can haul

Through rise and fall and cattle calls

But every time that blue hits my eyes

I remember love don’t pass me by

Texas bluebonnets, quiet and wide

Like Jesus ridin’ shotgun by my side

Sayin’, “Son, slow down, look around

I’m still here, I’ve got you now”