Silver Steel and Faded Blue

[Intro]
[Verse]
Knuckles raw on a rusted frame
Forty-two years just to learn his name
The F-100 sits in the barn light
Turning wrenches till the moon is bright
Grease stains on my old work gloves
It’s the heavy labor a man loves
[Pre-Chorus]
He left the keys but he kept the words
The loudest silence I ever heard
Now the engine hums a different tune
Underneath a Texas desert moon
[Chorus]
Sand it down to the silver steel
Trying to find how a son should feel
In the '72 with the faded blue
I’m building back what I never knew
One bolt at a time, I’m letting go
Of the bitter winds that used to blow
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I'm letting go
Just letting it flow
[Verse]
Tucked a photo in the sun visor
I’m a little older, maybe wiser
Me at seven on his tired knee
Before the distance grew like a cedar tree
Put on a record of the Hag and the Strangers
Keeps a lonesome heart out of danger
[Pre-Chorus]
He left the keys but he kept the words
The loudest silence I ever heard
Now the engine hums a different tune
Underneath a Texas desert moon
[Chorus]
Sand it down to the silver steel
Trying to find how a son should feel
In the '72 with the faded blue
I’m building back what I never knew
One bolt at a time, I’m letting go
Of the bitter winds that used to blow
[Bridge]
Iced tea sweating on the porch rail
Reading the map of a broken trail
He wasn't perfect, I wasn't there
But we found the grace in a final prayer
Now the chrome shines in the morning sun
The long road home has just begun
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Sand it down to the silver steel
Trying to find how a son should feel
In the '72 with the faded blue
I’m building back what I never knew
One bolt at a time, I’m letting go
Of the bitter winds that used to blow
[Hook]
It’s a long way back to the start
Fixing the truck, fixing my heart
It’s a long way back to the start
Fixing the truck, fixing my heart
[Outro]