🎵 “Canvas Walls”
(Country/Folk style)
[Verse 1]
Down in Sevierville, the summer sun would burn,
We had a tent for a roof, and nowhere else to turn.
By the lake where the water kissed the shore,
Me and my brothers dreamed of something more.
No white-picket fence, just pine trees and pain,
Makin’ forts outta firewood, dancin’ in the rain.
We didn’t have much, but we had each other’s backs,
Laughin’ through the thunder, sleepin’ in our packs.
[Chorus]
Canvas walls and a sky full of stars,
Hard nights and hand-me-down hearts.
We built our hope with sticks and stone,
In a place that never felt like home.
But even when the nights got cold,
That lake kept all our secrets told.
Yeah, life was tough — we learned to stand tall,
Growin’ up behind canvas walls.
[Verse 2]
Mama’s voice echo’d in the smoky air,
Sayin’ “One day, baby, you’ll get outta there.”
We’d fish for supper, race the fireflies,
Wishin’ on the dark in a moonless sky.
Shoes were worn, and hearts were thin,
But somehow love still found a way in.
We fought, we laughed, we made it through,
Those Tennessee nights painted me true.
[Chorus]
Canvas walls and a sky full of stars,
Hard nights and hand-me-down hearts.
We built our hope with sticks and stone,
In a place that never felt like home.
But even when the nights got cold,
That lake kept all our secrets told.
Yeah, life was tough — we learned to stand tall,
Growin’ up behind canvas walls.
[Bridge]
Now when I look back, I don’t just see the hurt,
I see wild kids runnin’ barefoot in the dirt.
It shaped who I am, strong through the fall —
Born of nothing, but I’ve got it all.
[Final Chorus]
Canvas walls and a sky full of stars,
Turned a scarred past into battle scars.
We built our future from broken dreams,
Found our peace in the in-betweens.
The wind still calls, I still recall,
Growin’ up behind canvas walls.
