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[Verse 1]
Daddy’s hands got diesel stains
Coffee cup rings and years of pain
Cracked old boots by the kitchen door
Still hears me yell, “I love you more”
He just grins through a crooked smile
Says, “Girl, you ain’t won in a while”
Lord knows neither one backs down
Two hard heads in a small-town town
He drove eighteen wheels through pouring rain
With cancer burnin’ through his veins
But a Seabee man don’t ever break
Just bends like Alabama cane
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[Pre-Chorus]
And every scar tells a story
Every wrinkle wears some glory
A man built tough enough to stay
When weaker souls would run away
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[Chorus]
So here’s to Scott with the weathered soul
Built this family with callused hope
Navy grit and a truck stop prayer
Still carries us like we’re standing there
And Dustin climbed from the darkest nights
Burned his demons in welding light
Now sparks fly bright where pain once stood
Turned a broken road into something good
Nick’s out west where the mountains rise
Badge on his chest and fire in his eyes
Still picks up the phone when I need a friend
Lord, I’d choose those boys all over again
Yeah we’re loud, rough, stubborn as hell
But love runs deep where red dirt dwells
And if Heaven asked what home feels like
It sounds like laughter and a late-night fight
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[Verse 2]
Dustin used to run wild roads
Smoke and shadows, heavy loads
Mama cried while Daddy prayed
Hoping somehow he’d find his way
Now he’s striking steel at break of dawn
Straight-line spark with country songs
Got rough-cut hands and a heart rebuilt
A good man rising from old guilt
And Nick out there in Colorado snow
Durango winds and roads unknown
Still the same boy throwing rocks in creeks
Still the one who checks on me all week
Blue lights flash while the cold wind blows
But he’s got a heart that gold can’t hold
Yeah my brother wears that badge with pride
But he’s always just Nick by my side
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[Bridge – jazz-country breakdown]
(Muted trumpet and steel guitar trading lines)
We ain’t rich in diamonds
Ain’t polished, clean, or neat
But there’s love in these old floorboards
And mud on every seat
There’s stories in the silence
And truth in every scar
Some families are born in mansions
Ours was built beside old cars
And Daddy still says “Love ya most”
Every time we say goodbye
Guess neither one of us plans on losing
Till the day we die
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[Final Chorus – bigger, emotional]
So here’s to Scott still rolling on
Through Carolina rain before the dawn
Cancer couldn’t take what faith held tight
A Seabee heart still built to fight
And Dustin found redemption flames
Turned old hurt into his name
Proof even broken roads can mend
If somebody keeps believing in them
Nick’s my brother and my best damn friend
The kind of soul you thank God He sends
From Alabama dirt to Colorado skies
He’s got home still living in his eyes
Yeah we’re redneck rough with hearts of gold
Raised on stories and worn-out roads
And if I ever sing one truth before I go—
It’s no matter how much we argue so
No matter who wi
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