[Verse 1]
Sun crawls up over rusted pumpjacks
Same dirt boots, same coffee in a paper cup
Foreman’s truck’s already by the frac tanks
Boys are laughin’ but they never say what’s up
Clock on the doghouse wall been stuck at 3:16
Since that night the well went sideways on me
But I still lace my gloves, kiss your picture in my hardhat
Tell myself one more hitch, then I’m comin’ back
[Pre-Chorus]
Radio in my pickup only plays your old voicemails
Every song’s your voice sayin’, “Baby, please be safe out there”
[Chorus]
I’m still chasin’ day rates on a dead man’s rig
Tryna buy you that small town house on a hill
I ain’t afraid of Hell, I’ve smelled that gas too thick
If the Devil wants my soul, he’s gonna have to foot the bill
I’ll keep pullin’ these night shifts, keep runnin’ from the flame
Til the papers clears the bills and they never know my name
I’m still chasin’ day rates on a dead man’s rig
Workin’ overtime to make a ghost man’s promise stick
[Verse 2]
Drive‑thru girl hands me change with her eyes down
Swears she’s seen my face carved in some cold stone
Billboard outside town says “We miss you, come home”
With a wreath of plastic flowers where my name should go
Every mile marker’s stuck on 41
Same stretch of two‑lane, same West Texas sun
I pass that little white church, hear the choir like a windstorm
Singin’ Amazing Grace for a man they swear ain’t here no more
[Pre-Chorus]
Cell phone on the dash just crackles into white noise
But I still talk into the static like I’m hearin’ my wife and kids saying come home safe
[Chorus]
I’m still chasin’ day rates on a dead man’s rig
Tryna buy you that small town house on a hill
I ain’t afraid of Hell, I’ve smelled that gas too thick
If the Devil wants my soul, he’s gonna have to foot the bill
I’ll keep pullin’ these night shifts, keep runnin’ from the flame
Til the papers clear the bills and they never know my name
I’m still chasin’ day rates on a dead man’s rig
Workin’ overtime to make a ghost man’s promise stick
[Bridge]
Tonight I finally point that old truck “home”
But the road runs out at a gate of iron stone
Floodlights fade into willow trees and crosses in a row
There’s your tears in marble, there’s my last name in gold
I see a tiny pair of boots by a granite angel’s wings
Little handprints on the vase where you set my wedding ring
And I realize that “night light” in our boy’s room
Is just my shadow in the doorway, watchin’ over you
[Breakdown / Tag]
So I clock in with the thunder when the storm rolls in
Sign my name in lightning on the time card wind
If Heaven’s got a foreman, he can wait his turn
I got one more check to earn
[Final Chorus]
I’m still chasin’ day rates on a dead man’s rig, keepin’ one last promise to the family I outlived…………
evoman
