I’m a Coyote

I left my tracks in the dust

By the wash and the fence line

Moon cut silver on the mesquite

And I kept on past midnight

In the weeds and thorns I go

Boots torn up, heart still burning

Every scar I got tells me

I ain't done, I'm still learning

I don't fold, I don't freeze

I just slip through the cedar trees

When the world tries to chain me down

I shake it off and bare my teeth

I’m a coyote

Roaming wild and free

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

Blades drew blood

I got bandaids on bullet holes

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

Saw my own name in a cheap motel sign

Then I laughed and drove right through it

Lost my boots and found my nerve

Had to get a little bruised to do it

Sand in my cuffs, dust on my jacket

Ain't no grave gonna claim me early

I was born for the hard road

And the hard road knows me already

I don't fold, I don't freeze

I just slip through the cedar trees

When the world tries to chain me down

I shake it off and bare my teeth

I’m a coyote

Roaming wild and free

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

Blades drew blood

I got bandaids on bullet holes

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

Let 'em talk from the porch light

Let 'em stare at the fence

I was made for the back roads

And a little bit of damage

Yeah, I carry my hurt like proof

That I made it through the hard part

Still running with a full moon

And a fire in my chest

I’m a coyote

Roaming wild and free

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

Blades drew blood

I got bandaids on bullet holes

I’m a coyote

Wild and free

I’m a coyote

Roaming wild and free

I’m a coyote

Wild and free