Steel Spurs Soldier

Red dust on my boots,

morning on the plain

I left

that Texas county with a letter in my coat Mama held the

screen door, Daddy never spoke Saddle leather memories and dog tags on

my chest The highway met the barracks,

and I gave them all my best

One hand on the promise,

one hand on the pain

Trying to be the same man

when I ride back home again I'm a Texas cowboy soldier,

heart pulled two ways

Half in the red dirt,

half in the smoke and haze I pray for the sunrise,

I stand where I'm told

A homegrown drifter

with a brave young soul

Texas cowboy soldier, carrying both worlds

Desert wind and engine heat,

another town goes by

Brothers from a dozen states,

all watching the same sky

I keep a pocket picture

with the corners turning white A girl beside a pickup and a

porch light in the night

If I make it through December,

let the gate swing wide

Let me trade this iron silence for that river by my side

I'm a Texas cowboy soldier,

heart pulled two ways Half in the red dirt,

half in the smoke and haze I pray for the sunrise,

I stand where I'm told

A homegrown drifter

with a brave young soul

Red dust on my boots,

and I'm headed home