Steel Toe Prayer

Verse 1

Alarm clock screaming ‘fore the sun comes up

Coffee’s black, hands already rough

Bills on the table, due dates close

Back’s still aching from the week before

Truck’s on E but I’m riding it out

Radio crackles with a worn-out sound

Steel toe boots by the front door wait

Like they know I ain’t got a choice today

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, it ain’t glory, it ain’t gold

It’s sweat and dust and getting old

Chorus

It’s a steel toe prayer on a gravel road

A broke down dream but I still got hope

Punch that clock, give it all I got

Even when it don’t give back a lot

Sun burns down, rain cuts cold

Hands stay cracked, never do what they’re told

Yeah, we bend, but we don’t break

Blue collar hearts just carry the weight

Verse 2

Boss man yelling ‘bout overtime

But that check still barely climbs

Union talk and promises made

Still feels like we’re underpaid

Kids at home need new school shoes

Wife says “we’ll make it,” but I see the truth

Every dollar’s got a name

And somehow I’m the one to blame

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, I wear every scar I earn

But the world don’t see, and it sure don’t learn

Chorus

It’s a steel toe prayer on a gravel road

A broke down dream but I still got hope

Punch that clock, give it all I got

Even when it don’t give back a lot

Sun burns down, rain cuts cold

Hands stay cracked, never do what they’re told

Yeah, we bend, but we don’t break

Blue collar hearts just carry the weight

Bridge

No headlines, no big parade

Just quiet pride in the life we made

From midnight shifts to early dawn

We keep this whole world moving on

Yeah, somebody’s gotta build these towns

Lay the pipe and hold it down

We might not shine, but we don’t quit

This country stands on the backs of this

Final Chorus

It’s a steel toe prayer on a gravel road

A worn out soul but I still got hope

Punch that clock, yeah, I’ll show up strong

Even when it feels all wrong

Sun burns down, rain cuts cold

But there’s fire in these work-worn bones

Yeah, we bend, but we don’t break

Blue collar hearts just carry the weight

Outro

So I’ll lace ‘em up and face the day

Ain’t no other way I was raised

Yeah, it’s hard—but it’s who I am

Just a working man… doing all I can