[INTRO] (Low drone, bent harmonica, rain on steel) Gulf Coast Cowboy, if you know you know! [CHORUS] Deep South blood in a high latitude town Gulf Coast soul, but the sun won’t stay around Concrete walls try to close him in But he walks through the rain and the city’s sin Head down low, boots on ground Darkest calm on this Puget ground [VERSE 1] Clock hits three, room still black Coffee bitter, shirt still cracked Fog at the door knows his name Same hard work, different pain Sleep don’t come when the world says rest Only shows when the job’s been blessed Time leans heavy, iron-gate slow Every mile’s a debt he owes [CHORUS] Deep South blood in a high latitude town Gulf Coast soul, but the sun won’t stay around Concrete walls try to close him in But he walks through the rain and the city’s sin Head down low, boots on ground Darkest calm on this Puget ground [VERSE 2] Asphalt slick with steel and fear White lights flash, nobody sincere Hands on wheels, eyes locked tight Everybody rushing through the night They tax his breath, they skim his days Polish greed in a thousand ways Still he guards what they can’t see A quiet core, kept hard and clean [CHORUS] Deep South blood in a high latitude town Gulf Coast soul, but the sun won’t stay around Concrete walls try to close him in But he walks through the rain and the city’s sin Head down low, boots on ground Darkest calm on this Puget ground [BRIDGE] Neon hums like a second rain Every street’s got a borrowed name Promises crack in sodium light Everybody owes something tonight He don’t pray loud, don’t beg or bend Just keeps moving till the pressure ends [VERSE 3] Paychecks thin but the spine stays straight He measures life by the weight he takes No medals hung, no names in stone Just keeps the line from breaking bone Every mile carved into his jaw Every silence something he saw [FINAL CHORUS] Deep South blood in a high latitude town Gulf Coast soul, but the sun won’t stay around Concrete walls try to close him in But he walks through the rain and the city’s sin Head down low, boots on ground Darkest calm on this Puget ground [OUTRO] Rain don’t ask, it just comes down So does he—on Puget ground

Northwest Ground Gulf Coast Blood