Lyrics

Verse 1**
*Sixteen wheels hum like a battle cry,*
*Highway stripes blur beneath a starless sky.*
*Your voice on the CB, static and sweet,*
*A lullaby for the miles I can’t defeat.*
*I’m hauling freight through the Carolina rain,*
*But my heart’s parked in our driveway again—*
*Where you’re teaching our girl to ride her bike,*
*And our boy’s got my eyes… God, it cuts like a knife.*

**Chorus**
*I’m a soldier of asphalt, a ghost in the guard,*
*Torn between duty and this hole in my heart.*
*Every flag I salute, every load that I tow,*
*Is a prayer that you’ll wait for the man you don’t know.*
*I miss you like hell, in the diesel and dust—*
*My angels, my anchors, my one sacred trust.*
*This life’s built on steel and sacrifice,*
*But I’d burn it all down just to hold you tonight.*

**Verse 2**
*Deployed in a desert or drilling till dawn,*
*Your photo’s my armor, your love keeps me strong.*
*They say “Thank you for service,” but they don’t understand,*
*The war I fight daily just to let go of your hand.*
*You’re packing lunches, I’m packing my gear,*
*Same moon through your window—*
*But it’s colder out here.*
*I kiss the screen when you say, “Daddy, come home,”*
*While the world spins on, ruthless and alone.*

**Chorus**
*I’m a soldier of asphalt, a ghost in the guard,*
*Torn between duty and this hole in my heart.*
*Every flag I salute, every load that I tow,*
*Is a prayer that you’ll wait for the man you don’t know.*
*I miss you like hell, in the diesel and dust—*
*My angels, my anchors, my one sacred trust.*
*This life’s built on steel and sacrifice,*
*But I’d burn it all down just to hold you tonight.*

**Bridge**
*They call me “hero” in a uniform pressed,*
*But heroes don’t ache when their kids miss the rest.*
*Of the birthdays, the first steps, the tears I can’t dry—*
*I’m just a man begging time not to fly.*
*So rev up the engine, let the convoy roll on,*
*Through the wildfires of longing ‘til the war’s finally done.*
*One day I’ll trade these boots for the couch where you sit,*
*And the only “deployment” will be your lips, love—*
*I’m coming home.*

**Outro**
*So keep the porch light blazing through the storm,*
*Wherever I’m called, you’re the compass I’ll warm.*
*This road leads to you, no matter how far—*
*My truck, my flag, my North Star.*