Alarm hits four,
boots hit the cold damn floor
Another day of breakin' my back
for someone else's score Boss man's
countin' bonuses while I'm countin' every
mile But I think about my
boy and wife and that gets
me through the aisle Grew up
in bars from a young age
because my daddy was a mean
drunk Got punched around from pillar
to post Always copped it hard
for no damn reason,
just because They say a man
is measured
by the company he keeps Well,
my circle's small,
but Lord,
the roots run real deep They
call me Swagger,
yeah, it's a hard life road
But I carry every mile of
this heavy load Got a wife,
got a son,
got brothers who ride Hard life,
good ride,
and I'm doin' alright
Saturday morning,
my boy's throwin' kicks in his
Jeep And then he puts his
headset on,
lost in a world I can't
see My pork and cheese is
in the kitchen,
laughin' when I call her that
She shakes her head,
Portuguese and proud,
but she still loves this brat
Got my Indian Mustang that
I plow down the road
To forget all demons that make
me wanna explode Blood don't always
make a family,
I learned that the hard way
But the ones that chose to
stay with me,
they never walked away They call
me Swagger,
yeah, it's a hard life road
But I carry every mile of
this heavy load Got a wife,
got a son,
got brothers who ride Hard life,
good ride,
and I'm doin' alright
Estranged from the ones who were
supposed to hold me up But
the nights roll thunder and they
fill my cup
Ain't got many friends,
but the ones I got are
steel Workin' fingers to the bone,
but at least I know what's
real
They call me Swagger,
yeah, it's a hard life road
But I carry every mile of
this heavy load Got a wife,
got a son,
got brothers who ride Hard life,
good ride,
and I'm doin' alright