Lyrics

[INTRO]
I've been up for three days now
It's been a couple months, a couple years
And I'm still holding back the tears

[VERSE 1]
Wake up early or a night, I think about the great pain in my life
Try to convince myself that it ain't for you
That the hurt don't ache, that I'm a man
But the hell I'm going through, it's tearing me apart

[CHORUS]
Oh, these boots, they've seen the pain
That only a man should see in hell
My life's been hell, started years ago
When I fell in love, it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever known

[VERSE 2]
Her name was Lizzy, she was my girl
I begged her to marry me, and then she said yes
We had a few kids, and they got taken away
CPS said we did something, but it was all a lie
They got the wrong people that night
Now my babies are gone, and it's tearing me apart

[CHORUS]
Oh, these boots, they've seen the pain
That only a man should see in hell
My life's been hell, started years ago
When I fell in love, it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever known

[BRIDGE]
I'm trying to hold on, but it's slipping away
The memories of my kids, they haunt me every day
I'm searching for a way to turn back time
To make it right, to make it mine

[HOOK]
Lizzy, my love, why did it have to end?
Why did they take my babies from me, from our family again?

[VERSE 3]
I get pissed, I get mad, I'm so damn sad
My blood runs through their veins, but somebody else is raising them
Making their names, telling them what they'll be
It's a hell I'm going through, and I don't know how to break free

[CHORUS]
Oh, these boots, they've seen the pain
That only a man should see in hell
My life's been hell, started years ago
When I fell in love, it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever known

[OUTRO]
These boots, they've seen the pain
I'm still holding back, trying to remain
A man, a father, a husband, a soul
But the hell I'm going through, it's taking its toll.