[Verse 1]
Clock-in coffee
Burnt to the bottom
Sun ain’t up
I’m already on it
Steel-toe boots
By the back door waiting
Same old road
Different day I’m paving
[Chorus]
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy riding on
Blacktop rivers under my wheels
This is the saddle that I feel
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy holding strong
[Verse 2]
Lunch break leaning
On a rusted bumper
Laughing through the grit
With the other number runners
Face streaked gray
From the heat and the tar
Still I chase that line
Like it’s written in the stars
[Chorus]
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy riding on
Blacktop rivers under my wheels
This is the saddle that I feel
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy holding strong
[Bridge]
One day I’ll trade
This hard hat halo
For a hat brim low
On a wide open ranch road (yeah)
But ’til that day
While the big trucks roll by
I’ll rope this highway
Under an open sky
[Chorus]
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy riding on
Blacktop rivers under my wheels
This is the saddle that I feel
Working from dust till dawn
I’m an asphalt cowboy holding strong