[Verse 1]
Sun up, I’m broke again
Pocket got a hole in it
Coffee’s gone, rent come due
Boss man smile like he don’t know it
Hands all cracked from the work I do
Back bent low in the July heat
Every day’s a scraped-up coin
Every night’s a smaller piece
[Pre-Chorus]
Lord, I been pushed
I been pulled
I been living off
What I can hold
If the world gets mean
I get mean too
I got a hard old road
And I’m walking through
[Chorus]
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
With my back in the fire
And my boots in the heat
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
I’m a poor man, baby
But I’m still on my feet
[Verse 2]
Truck’s got smoke when it starts
Gas light blinks like a warning
Mama’s pills on the counter
And the bill man came this morning
I patch my world with wire and faith
A little sweat and a prayer line
Take one more shift, one more storm
One more turn through the same grind
[Pre-Chorus]
Lord, I been pushed
I been pulled
I been living off
What I can hold
If the world gets mean
I get mean too
I got a hard old road
And I’m walking through
[Chorus]
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
With my back in the fire
And my boots in the heat
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
I’m a poor man, baby
But I’m still on my feet
[Bridge]
When the sky turns white
And the asphalt burns
I don’t beg for mercy
I just wait my turn
Got scars for roads
And dirt for skin
If I fall down low
I get up again
[Solo]
[Harmonized guitar leads soar over a dragging riff]
[Final Chorus]
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
With my back in the fire
And my boots in the heat
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
I’m a poor man, baby
But I’m still on my feet
Make ends meet
Make ends meet
I’ll crawl through hell
If it feeds my kin