From pit to payday

Verse 1
Sun barely up, coffee black, boots tight
Steel toes crunch on that gravel just right
Key turns over, hear that diesel pray
Another long shift but we’re built that way
Dust in the air like a payday haze
Radio crackle say “load ‘em, boys, let’s roll today”
Pre-Chorus
Hands on the wheel, yeah the ground gonna shake
Clock don’t matter when the money gets made
Chorus
Yeah buddy, from pit to payday
773 singin’ like it knows my name
Redline grindin’, no days off play
Load by load, yeah we earn that wage
Yeah buddy, dirt don’t faze me
Forty, fifty tons, yeah it still ain’t crazy
From first hard pull to the whistle’s call
Yeah buddy—we haul it all
Verse 2
Mud on the fenders, sweat on my back
Boss man watchin’ numbers on a clipboard stack
Sun beat down but the engine stay cool
Iron faith, yeah that’s the rule
Another scoop, let it fall just right
Bank account grow with the end of the night
Pre-Chorus
They don’t see the weight, they don’t feel the strain
But they hear that motor when it screams my name
Chorus
Yeah buddy, from pit to payday
773 tuned up, no delay
Throttle wide open, bills get paid
Every damn mile that I excavate
Yeah buddy, built this way
Calloused hands but we still okay
From sunrise grind to the shutdown call
Yeah buddy—yeah, we haul it all
Bridge
Chrome ain’t clean but the numbers right
Long days turn into better nights
Ain’t no suit, no office chair
Just iron lungs and dusty air
Breakdown
Yeah buddy—send it
Yeah buddy—let it eat
Yeah buddy—earned not given
Yeah buddy—paid by the week
Final Chorus
Yeah buddy, from pit to payday
773 roarin’ through the long workday
No shortcuts taken, no corners shaved
Every load proof of the life we made
Yeah buddy, remember the name
When that backup alarm hits and the ground vibrates
From the first damn dig to the final haul
Yeah buddy—yeah buddy—we haul it all
Outro
Key off quiet, sun gone low
Another hard-earned check, yeah the numbers show
From pit to payday—same damn way
Yeah buddy… see you tomorrow, same place

Grit