Chasing Iron

[Intro]
[Verse]
The sun is sinking low and red
Dusty light across the dash
Chipped ceramic, coffee's dead
Countin' miles like cold hard cash
Wind is whistling through the glass
Watching all the shadows pass
[Pre-Chorus]
I used to think the road was long
Singing every highway song
But every mile I tried to roam
Only brought me closer home
[Chorus]
I left at eighteen for the gold
Or so the story goes
But I found my heart in the iron fold
Where the wild clover grows
Now I’m leaning on that same old pine
Forty-four years down the line
Fixing shoes for the neighbor’s kid
Glad I did what I did
[Verse]
Leather apron on the seat
Worn and scarred just like my hands
Smell of coal and summer heat
Tending to these quiet lands
I was gonna be a king
Until I heard the anvil ring
[Chorus]
I left at eighteen for the gold
Or so the story goes
But I found my heart in the iron fold
Where the wild clover grows
Now I’m leaning on that same old pine
Forty-four years down the line
Fixing shoes for the neighbor’s kid
Glad I did what I did
[Bridge]
The rodeo is just a ghost
A name upon a dusty post
But these horses know my name
And I wouldn't trade the frame
Of a sunset on a rancher's gate
For a silver buckle on a plate
[Verse]
Three small shadows by the rail
Waving as the truck rolls by
Same old fence, the same old nail
Underneath a purple sky
I’m just a man who bends the steel
Knowing how the gravel feels
[Chorus]
I left at eighteen for the gold
Or so the story goes
But I found my heart in the iron fold
Where the wild clover grows
Now I’m leaning on that same old pine
Forty-four years down the line
Fixing shoes for the neighbor’s kid
Glad I did what I did
[Outro]