Verse 1
Five a.m., coffee black, boots by the door,
Been chasing a paycheck like a thousand times before.
There’s diesel in my veins and dust on this old hat,
Life keeps taking swings, but I keep swinging back.
Some nights I drive these backroads with nothing but my thoughts,
Praying that tomorrow gives me something that I lost.
Verse 2
I’ve watched love get broken, watched trust hit the ground,
Heard silence get louder than any spoken sound.
I’ve made my share of mistakes, Lord, I carry every one,
But quitting never fit me, even when I wanted to run.
‘Cause somewhere deep inside me, underneath these scars,
There’s still a stubborn cowboy reaching for the stars.
Chorus
I’m just a man still breathing,
Still believing there’s a reason I ain’t gone.
With dirt on these hands,
And hope hanging on.
I’ve bent, but I ain’t broken,
I’ve cried where nobody could see.
If tomorrow brings another fight,
Well, tomorrow’s gonna get the best of me.
‘Cause this old heart keeps beating,
I’m just a man still breathing.
Bridge
Maybe one day I’ll find that little piece of land,
Tall pines in the mountains, a creek running through the sand.
A front porch in the evening, no weight left on my soul,
Just peace I’ve spent a lifetime trying to hold.
Final Chorus
I’m just a man still breathing,
Learning strength ain’t never loud.
Sometimes it’s showing up
When life don’t make you proud.
The road may never love me,
But it knows my name by now.
I’ll keep chasing that sunrise,
Some way, somehow.
As long as this old heart keeps beating,
I’m still a man… still breathing.
Outro
Yeah, the world can keep on testing me,
But it ain’t seen my last sunrise yet.
