[Verse]
Dust on my boots baked into my skin
Heat like a hammer can't ever win
Crawl through the ducts just to breathe thin air
City ain't no place for a man who cares
[Prechorus]
Knife on my hip steel by my side
Born in the country now I just ride
[Chorus]
Steel and sweat keep me alive
Running this road where the wild things die
Gun in my hand knife in my soul
Heat don't quit and the city's cold
[Verse 2]
Dreams ain't made in a concrete hive
They rot like meat where the shadows thrive
AC’s busted the boss don't pay
But I fix it fast and I'm on my way
[Chorus]
Steel and sweat keep me alive
Running this road where the wild things die
Gun in my hand knife in my soul
Heat don't quit and the city's cold
[Bridge]
I hear the crickets back in my mind
Fields of my youth where the stars still shine
But the skyline mocks with its jagged teeth
Chains on my boots and the ground beneath