[Verse 1]
Steel toes in the gravel dust
Sun not up
But the engine’s hot
Coffee in a stained blue cup
Another stage
Same mud
Same spot
Radio hiss and a foreman’s bark
Tie that line
Watch that sand
Pressure climb in the black of dark
Whole job hanging on your hands
[Chorus]
Fourteen on
Seven gone
Burn it down till the daylight’s done
Pump it up
Keep the line alive
I’m just trying to make it out
Make it out
Fourteen on
Seven gone
West Texas chewing my bones for fun
But I’ll be back when the night feels right
Yeah
I’m built for this busted life
[Verse 2]
Badge clip on my busted vest
Grease and sweat in every thread
Dust storms crawling from the west
Red sky swirling over my head
Names carved in an old dog house
Jokes sharp as a rusted wrench
Stories from a blown-out well
Laughed off leaning on the fence
[Chorus]
Fourteen on
Seven gone
Burn it down till the daylight’s done
Pump it up
Keep the line alive
I’m just trying to make it out
Make it out
Fourteen on
Seven gone
West Texas chewing my bones for fun
But I’ll be back when the night feels right
Yeah
I’m built for this busted life
[Bridge]
Count the stages
Count the scars
Count the miles between these stars
Call my name on a busted phone
“I’ll be home
I’ll be home” (yeah)
[Chorus]
Fourteen on
Seven gone
Burn it down till the daylight’s done
Pump it up
Keep the line alive
I’m just trying to make it out
Make it out
Fourteen on
Seven gone
West Texas chewing my bones for fun
But I’ll be back when the night feels right
Yeah
I’m built for this busted life