[Verse 1]
You came home in your camo
Boots by the front door
Uniform on the back of that chair
Said, "Baby girl, grab your jacket
Sun’s up, let’s get out there"
Thermos coffee, my cocoa
Old dodge chewing up that red clay road
I sat crooked in the middle seat
Your hand steady on the wheel
Saying, "This is how a man’s hands
Oughta feel"
[Chorus]
From tree stands to church pews
You were showing me the truth
That a real man prays, then he opens my door too
You’d whisper, "You’re a lady
Not a prize I ever sell"
You taught me what I’m worth
Out in those woods where silence fell
Now you straighten my white dress
Try to hide how hard it hits
We went from tracking buck tracks
To dancing at my wedding like this
[Verse 2]
Orange vest over my hoodie
You’d laugh, say I scared off the deer
But you still let me take that shot
When a ten-point finally wandered near
You wiped mud from my cheekbone
Like I was glass you’d never drop
Said, "If a boy won’t stand beside you
When the wind cuts through the crops
He don’t deserve your stories
Or the keys to your heart or this truck"
[Chorus]
From tree stands to church pews
You were showing me the truth
That a real man prays, then he opens my door too
You’d whisper, "You’re a lady
Not a prize I ever sell"
You taught me what I’m worth
Out in those woods where silence fell
Now you straighten my white dress
Try to hide how hard it hits
We went from tracking buck tracks
To dancing at my wedding like this
[Bridge]
[Band drops back, soft fiddle line]
You traded desert sand
For gravel roads and Sunday land
But every leave, every late-night call
You still found a way to hold my hand
Now he’s standing at the altar
The kind you always hoped I’d find
You squeeze my fingers, say, "If he ever forgets
You remember what I taught you in those pines" (oh)
[Chorus]
From tree stands to church pews
You were showing me the truth
That a real man prays, then he opens my door too
You’d whisper, "You’re a lady
Not a prize I ever sell"
You taught me what I’m worth
Out in those woods where silence fell
Now the band starts up slow
You’re trying not to miss
We went from whispering in the timber
To crying through a father-daughter twist
Daddy, every step I’m taking
On this hardwood floor tonight
Is ‘cause an army man in camo
Showed his little girl
How love’s supposed to fit just right