The Heavy Lift

[Intro]
[Verse]
It’s five AM.
In that Michigan cold.
Steel toes on the frozen ground.
Wind cuts like a rusty blade.
That’s how her debts get paid.
I’m the quietest man in town.
[Pre-Chorus]
Chapped skin on my leather gloves.
Working for the one I love.
Tucked that bill in my lunch pail.
I wasn’t gonna let us fail.
[Chorus]
It’s a heavy, heavy lift.
Through a twelve-hour shift.
But my heart starts to swell.
Lord, I’m doing well.
See that cap in the air.
Answered every single prayer.
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, the heavy lift.
Oh, the long shift.
I’m doing well.
Doing well.
[Verse]
Scaffolding high above the street.
Numbness in my tired feet.
Each brick was a credit earned.
Lessons that I never learned.
She’s the one who’s gonna fly.
I’m just the guy passing by.
[Pre-Chorus]
Grease underneath my broken nails.
Watching how the spirit prevails.
Crumpled paper in my hand.
Best day in this whole land.
[Chorus]
It’s a heavy, heavy lift.
Through a twelve-hour shift.
But my heart starts to swell.
Lord, I’m doing well.
See that cap in the air.
Answered every single prayer.
[Hook]
Work all day.
Pray all night.
Get that girl her light.
Work all day.
Pray all night.
Keep her future bright.
[Bridge]
Hands are scarred and stained.
Nothing was ever in vain.
Worth every drop I shed.
Better than the life I led.
I see her smiling now.
I take a silent bow.
[Breakdown]
(Trombone stabs)
(Organ swells)
Yeah, Lord.
I see her.
I see her flying.
[Chorus]
It’s a heavy, heavy lift.
Through a twelve-hour shift.
But my heart starts to swell.
Lord, I’m doing well.
See that cap in the air.
Answered every single prayer.
[Post-Chorus]
It was a heavy lift.
Such a long shift.
But she’s free now.
Yeah, she’s free now.
[Verse]
Walking home in the dark.
Seeing that little spark.
She’s got the world to gain.
I’ll take the winter rain.
My sister is a graduate.
Man, it feels so great.
[Outro]