This Is Texas

Verse 1 Morning breaks behind the skyline Glass towers catching sunrise Cows grazing near the freeway Mud on boots, that contrast makes sense Pickup drives down the feeder Radio low, breakfast gone cold City’s breathing down our shoulders But the land still knows our names Pre-Chorus You can hear it in the distance Steel and engines hum in time We don’t flinch, we don’t explain it This is where we draw the line Chorus This is home, this is Texas Wide hands, open doors From the pasture to the pavement We look out for what’s ours Traffic locked on six-one-oh Windows down, everybody knows If you’re hurting, you’re not alone This is home, this is Texas Verse 2 Cowgirls in tight jeans laughing Dust on chrome, hair in the wind Cowboys leaning on tailgates Talking big, meaning it Somebody’s late, somebody’s stranded Someone needs a ride tonight Nobody asks what you’re running from They just clear you a place to sit Pre-Chorus We don’t hurry past each other Even when the road stands still Kindness isn’t fancy here It’s a habit you keep by will Chorus This is home, this is Texas Wide hands, open doors From the pasture to the pavement We look out for what’s ours Traffic locked on six-one-oh Windows down, everybody knows If you’re hurting, you’re not alone This is home, this is Texas Bridge Skyscrapers cast long shadows Across cows that won’t give in I’ve seen strangers become family Just by showing up again We don’t promise easy answers We don’t polish up the truth But if you fall, we’ll get you standing That’s just what we do Final Chorus This is home, this is Texas Calloused hands, steady hearts From refinery lights to fence-line stars We don’t tear each other apart Loop backed up, night rolling slow Same song humming on the radio You don’t have to carry it alone This is home Yeah, this is Texas