High Lonesome Thunder

Cold wind rolling off the ridge tonight Got a hard-worn song and

a fire inside

I came up the valley with dust on my boots A little

bit lost and a little bulletproof Saw the porch light burning through

the pines Like a promise waiting at the end of the line

I been carrying trouble like a stone in my coat Still I

sing it steady just to keep afloat Every mile behind me put

iron in my chest Every road kept asking for a little more

left And I feel that river running under my skin When the

whole band kicks, I'm coming alive again

Take me higher than the hurt I've known Hey,

let it roll

through the holler tonight Raise that dust,

let the dark take flight I got a deep-down voice and a

high-lonesome cry Rock this old heart till the sparks go wide Hey,

let it roll, let it roll Now the barn doors rattle when

the backbeat lands And the old floor shakes to the clap of

our hands There's a worn-out memory in the mason jar And a

young wild hope in this beat-up heart I got friends in the

chorus and scars in the verse Some nights feel blessed and some

nights feel cursed But the moon over cedar keeps pulling me through

Like a rough-cut truth I can still hold to

Hey, let it roll through the holler tonight Raise that dust,

let the dark take

flight I got a deep-down voice

and a high-lonesome cry Rock this old heart till the sparks go

wide Hey, let it

roll, let it roll If I break,

let it be into something true If I bend,

let it bring me back to you

From the dirt to the rafters,

hear me rise Hey,

let it roll through the holler

tonight Raise that dust,

let the dark take flight I got a deep-down voice and a

high-lonesome cry Rock this old heart till the sparks

go wide Hey, let it roll,

let it roll Let it roll Through the pines Let it roll

tonight