[Verse]
Steel boots stompin', mud-caked highways,
Chasin' paychecks through the rig’s dark maze.
Hands cracked, black gold in the veins,
On the edge of danger, we laugh at pain.
Crew's a brotherhood, bonded by fire,
Each shift a gamble, the stakes climb higher.
Diesel fumes and the howl of the drill,
We’re ghosts on the hill, the void we fill.
[Chorus]
Roughneck roads, where the wild winds blow,
Where the sun don’t shine, and the shadows grow.
We trade our time for a life unknown,
Out here, we’re kings with no thrones.
[Verse 2]
Phone calls home, static fills the line,
Wife’s voice cracks, “Baby, you’ll be fine.”
Kids don’t get it, why I’m always gone,
Daddy’s chasing dreams where the oil runs strong.
Chains clank loud, the rhythm of work,
Each bolt turned could bury us in the dirt.
But the whiskey’s smooth, and the songs we hum,
Keep the ghosts of regret from where we come.
[Chorus]
Roughneck roads, where the wild winds blow,
Where the sun don’t shine, and the shadows grow.
We trade our time for a life unknown,
Out here, we’re kings with no thrones.