Boots, bucks, and wedding bells

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"

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

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"

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

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)

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