Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We were kids with scraped-up knees,
Bikes on gravel, climbing trees,
Chasing dreams in the summer heat,
You weren’t born my kin,
But you might as well have been.

[Prechorus]
From the ball field to the back road,
Every story we wrote—

[Chorus]
You’re my best man, not by blood,
But by dirt and dust, and years of trust.
Through the storms and the flood,
You’ve been there, you’ve been enough.
I’d choose you all over again,
My best man, not by blood.

[Verse 2]
You taught me how to hold my ground,
When the world tried to knock me down.
You were the voice when I lost my sound,
And on the day I said “I do,”
There was no one else but you.

[Prechorus]
With a handshake and a knowing grin,
We’ve always been thicker than skin—

[Chorus]
You’re my best man, not by blood,
But by dirt and dust, and years of trust.
Through the storms and the flood,
You’ve been there, you’ve been enough.
I’d choose you all over again,
My best man, not by blood.